Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of East Central Fairfield, South Central Lancaster And Northwestern Kershaw Counties Through 600 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 516 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Liberty Hill, or 9 miles north of Lake Wateree Dam. This storm was nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts 40 to 45 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Camden, Lake Wateree Dam, Westville, Liberty Hill, Lake Wateree State Park, Longtown, Pine Grove Fire Station, Dekalb, North Towne Square Shopping Center, Woodward Airfield, and Lake Wateree near Highway 97.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Fairfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Southern Lancaster
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V62K8ZXTEKARQF8FJ8KEK6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.43eae029a98033e9f2700ad87190ed18f8735966.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Columbia SC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPCAE
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5636
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSCAE |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KCAE 182116 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Fairfield, south central Lancaster and northwestern Kershaw Counties through 600 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:16:00-00:00...storm...006DEG...4KT...34.47,-80.73 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fairfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Southern Lancaster
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045039 |
| SAME | 045055 |
| SAME | 045057 |
| UGC | SCZ021 |
| UGC | SCZ022 |
| UGC | SCZ116 |
- Polygons
- 34.54,-80.83 34.52,-80.57 34.26,-80.56 34.28,-80.95 34.54,-80.83