Expires:202408131830;Remove:202408131830;762998 WUUS52 KCAE 131741 SVRCAE SCC017-063-075-079-085-131830- /O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0139.240813T1741Z-240813T1830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Columbia SC 141 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2024 The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Calhoun County in central South Carolina... Southeastern Lexington County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina... Central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina... South central Richland County in central South Carolina... * Until 230 PM EDT. * At 141 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sandy Run, or 15 miles north of Brookdale, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Brookdale, St. Matthews, Orangeburg County Airport, Sandy Run, Claflin College, Edisto Gardens, South Carolina State University, North, Cameron, Neeses, Rowesville, Woodford, Cordova, Livingston, Fort Motte, Wilkinson Heights, Prince of Orange Mall, Edisto, and Creston. This includes Interstate 26 between mile markers 125 and 155. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can produce large capsizing waves and frequent lightning. If on or near Lake Marion move away from the water and take shelter! Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3358 8124 3387 8095 3371 8052 3329 8082 TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 295DEG 17KT 3372 8092 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ HC