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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
902 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024


SCC039-063-071-079-180115-
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Fairfield SC-Newberry SC-Lexington SC-Richland SC-
902 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN NEWBERRY...NORTHERN
LEXINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...

At 902 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Killian to West Columbia to 6 miles west of Lexington,
moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Irmo, Forest Acres,
Springdale, St. Andrews, Dentsville, Oak Grove, Highway 6 at Lake
Murray Dam, Red Bank, Arcadia Lakes, Columbia International
University, Harbison State Forest, Sesquicentennial State Park, SC
State Fair Grounds, West Columbia Riverwalk, Dreher Island State
Park, and Five Points.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 3.
 Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 49 and 76.
 Interstate 26 between mile markers 88 and 115.
 Interstate 77 near mile marker 0, and between mile markers 16 and
26.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Severe thunderstorms can produce large capsizing waves and frequent
lightning. If on or near Lake Murray move away from the water and
take shelter!

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LAT...LON 3411 8087 3393 8106 3391 8138 3415 8146
      3426 8129 3430 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 326DEG 29KT 3414 8097 3401 8111 3400 8133 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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