


Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
379 WWUS82 KCAE 182012 SPSCAE Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Columbia SC 412 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 SCZ016-022-029-031-182045- Chesterfield SC-Kershaw SC-Sumter SC-Lee SC- 412 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 ...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Lee, southeastern Chesterfield, northwestern Sumter and Kershaw Counties through 445 PM EDT... At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Clyde, or near Hartsville, moving southwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Camden, Bishopville, Lake Wateree Dam, Lugoff, Cassatt, Elgin, Goodale State Park, Mcbee, Patrick, Bethune, Lucknow, North Central High School, Spring Hill, North Towne Square Shopping Center, Middendorf, Midway Elementary School, Boykin, Pine Grove Fire Station, Wateree River Correctional Institution, and Ashland. This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 85 and 114. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3450 7998 3449 8005 3437 8029 3436 8029 3432 8024 3437 8018 3432 8017 3429 8015 3404 8055 3405 8061 3408 8064 3410 8062 3407 8072 3418 8087 3438 8077 3439 8078 3458 8000 3449 7995 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 063DEG 16KT 3444 8015 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ CJR