Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions Of Southeastern Lancaster, Chesterfield And Northeastern Kershaw Counties Through 700 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 619 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Kershaw to near Cheraw State Park. Movement was southwest at 15 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... Kershaw, Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Refuge, Westville, Cheraw State Park, Mt Pisgah, Cassatt, Mcbee, Jefferson, Society Hill, Patrick, Bethune, North Central High School, Cheraw Fish Hatchery, Alligator Fire Station, Middendorf, Bay Springs Fire Station, and Kershaw Correctional Institution.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Chesterfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Southern Lancaster
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V9Q63PR0JVN2ZMTH4ET7K7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d94d0a2b77ad7439b2b1e8d1fbf5671f321273b6.001.1
- 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.7408
- 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 182220 |
| NWSheadline | Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Lancaster, Chesterfield and northeastern Kershaw Counties through 700 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:19:00-00:00...storm...028DEG...15KT...34.66,-80.53 34.58,-79.85 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chesterfield County, SC
- Kershaw County, SC
- Southern Lancaster
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045025 |
| SAME | 045055 |
| SAME | 045057 |
| UGC | SCZ016 |
| UGC | SCZ022 |
| UGC | SCZ116 |
- Polygons
- 34.6,-79.81 34.55,-79.82 34.49,-79.88 34.49,-79.97 34.5,-79.99 34.49,-80.03 34.49,-80.05 34.34,-80.33 34.39,-80.65 34.71,-80.5 34.67,-79.83 34.65,-79.8 34.62,-79.79 34.62,-79.78 34.6,-79.81