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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
SCC039-063-071-079-081-182215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0053.130618T2124Z-130618T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
524 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PROSPERITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERRY...AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PROSPERITY AND IRMO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MURRAY...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON
THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.

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LAT...LON 3434 8119 3399 8117 3404 8176 3422 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 267DEG 34KT 3413 8163

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Special Weather Statement
GAZ040-SCZ018-020>022-025>029-031-036-038-182130-
CLARENDON-EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-LEE-LEXINGTON-LINCOLN-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-ORANGEBURG-RICHLAND-SALUDA-SUMTER-
452 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LINCOLN...
EDGEFIELD...FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW...LEE...LEXINGTON...MCCORMICK...
NEWBERRY...RICHLAND...SALUDA...SUMTER...CLARENDON AND ORANGEBURG
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS THE NORTHERN SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN MIDLANDS. THE
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
OAKLAND...BISHOPVILLE...CAMDEN...DENTSVILLE...IRMO...LUGOFF...
MANNING...MCCORMICK...MILLWOOD...MULBERRY...NEWBERRY...PROSPERITY...
SALUDA...SOUTH SUMTER...SUMMERTON...SUMTER...WHITMIRE...WINNSBORO AND
LINCOLNTON...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS TO BOATERS ON AREA LAKES.
YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS TO SEEK SAFE
HARBOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN LAKE WATERS...STAY BELOW
DECK...AND IF POSSIBLE...AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&

LAT...LON 3408 8247 3407 8233 3398 8230 3396 8202
3413 8188 3430 8190 3453 8165 3445 8154
3452 8143 3449 8068 3435 8017 3416 8015
3402 7994 3383 7990 3354 8007 3328 8041
3391 8054 3408 8097 3374 8255 3397 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 214DEG 24KT 3417 8189 3424 8092
3396 8027 3344 8019

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