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WWUS82 KCAE 312135
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
535 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

SCZ020>022-027-028-312215-
Fairfield SC-Lexington SC-Newberry SC-Richland SC-Kershaw SC-
535 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Fairfield,
southeastern Newberry, north central Lexington, northern Richland and
southwestern Kershaw Counties through 615 PM EDT...

At 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jenkinsville, or 7 miles southeast of VC Summer Nuclear Station,
moving east at 40 mph.

...Boaters on Lake Murray Should Seek Safe Harbor...

HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Irmo, Forest Acres, Camden, Dentsville, St. Andrews,
Arcadia Lakes, Lugoff, Villages at Sandhill, Columbia International
University, Jenkinsville, Elgin, Killian, Harbison State Forest,
Woodfield, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Fort Jackson,
Ballentine, and Blythewood.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 68 and 92.
 Interstate 26 between mile markers 87 and 103.
 Interstate 77 between mile markers 14 and 31.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Lake Murray, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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LAT...LON 3413 8144 3429 8133 3426 8062 3401 8082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 279DEG 34KT 3422 8122

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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