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WWUS52 KCAE 202143
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
543 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024

SCC025-055-057-202215-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240420T2215Z/
Lancaster SC-Chesterfield SC-Kershaw SC-
543 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER...CHESTERFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW
COUNTIES...

At 542 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carolina
Sandhills Wildlife Refuge, or 22 miles northwest of Hartsville,
moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
         damage to trees and powerlines.

Locations impacted include...
Cheraw, Pageland, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Cheraw State Park,
Northeastern Technical College, Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Refuge,
Mt Pisgah, Cheraw Municipal Airport, Mcbee, Jefferson, Ruby, Patrick,
Bethune, Chesterfield Ruby Middle School, Cheraw Fish Hatchery,
Middendorf, Central High School, High Point Fire Station, and
Alligator Fire Station.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3453 7983 3449 7988 3449 7997
      3450 7998 3449 8005 3435 8032 3434 8039
      3449 8060 3466 8054 3482 8052 3469 7987
      3466 7983 3465 7980 3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 286DEG 33KT 3462 8033

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CJR
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