Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions Of Northeastern Fairfield, Lancaster, Chesterfield And Northern Kershaw Counties Through 615 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 526 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Chesterfield to near Andrew Jackson State Park. Movement was southwest at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Springdale, Indian Land, Waxhaw, Pageland, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Elgin, Heath Springs, Liberty Hill, Andrew Jackson State Park, Westville, USC Lancaster, Irwin, Cheraw Municipal Airport, Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Refuge, Van Wyck, Mt Pisgah, Buford, and Northeastern Technical College. This includes Interstate 77 between mile markers 46 and 51.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Chesterfield County, SC
- Fairfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Northern Lancaster
- Southern Lancaster
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V6NVKZBZ35CTVGDECCHK3Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.60589f8b3181f8f3545400b1c1d864ce007cdc7b.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.5768
- 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 182127 |
| NWSheadline | Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Fairfield, Lancaster, Chesterfield and northern Kershaw Counties through 615 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:26:00-00:00...storm...030DEG...28KT...34.78,-80.04 34.82,-80.74 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chesterfield County, SC
- Fairfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Northern Lancaster
- Southern Lancaster
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045025 |
| SAME | 045039 |
| SAME | 045055 |
| SAME | 045057 |
| UGC | SCZ016 |
| UGC | SCZ021 |
| UGC | SCZ022 |
| UGC | SCZ115 |
| UGC | SCZ116 |
- Polygons
- 34.93,-80.78 34.82,-80.79 34.81,-79.94 34.76,-79.91 34.49,-80.04 34.39,-80.25 34.47,-81.03 34.55,-81.02 34.55,-80.87 34.65,-80.89 34.7,-80.86 34.83,-80.9 34.84,-80.87 34.93,-80.86 35.01,-80.91 35.07,-80.9 34.93,-80.78