Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
725 WWUS52 KCAE 242357 SVSCAE Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Columbia SC 757 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 SCC039-055-079-250015- /O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-240525T0015Z/ Fairfield SC-Richland SC-Kershaw SC- 757 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD...NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTIES... At 756 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake Carolina, or near Dentsville, moving southeast at 20 mph. Richland County dispatch reports downed powerlines from these storms. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. Locations impacted include... Columbia, Dentsville, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Elgin, Killian, Villages at Sandhill, Woodfield, Blythewood, Smallwood, Cedar Creek Fire Station, and Upper Richland Fire Station. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 74 and 83. Interstate 77 between mile markers 16 and 34. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3423 8075 3403 8084 3416 8117 3433 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 295DEG 17KT 3415 8090 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CJR