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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
306 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2020
SCZ027-028-037-131945-
LEXINGTON SC-CALHOUN SC-RICHLAND SC-
306 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2020
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LEXINGTON...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM EDT....
AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANDY RUN, OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CAYCE, MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH, PEA SIZED HAIL, EXCESSIVE CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT, UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO PLANTS,
TREES AND CROPS IS POSSIBLE. DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELDS IS
UNLIKELY. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD CEASE. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LOCALIZED, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CAYCE, PINE RIDGE, GASTON, EASTOVER, SC STATE FARMER'S MARKET,
CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, HOPKINS, SANDY RUN, GADSDEN, NEW ZION,
LEXINGTON ACRES POND, SILVER LAKE AND DIXIANA.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 138.
INTERSTATE 77 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
LAT...LON 3378 8112 3389 8114 3393 8106 3390 8069
3362 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 285DEG 22KT 3384 8103
LCV
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