Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions Of Calhoun, Southwestern Clarendon, Southeastern Lexington, Southwestern Sumter, East Central Aiken And Orangeburg Counties Through 415 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gaston to near Bowman. Movement was southwest at 15 mph. ...Boaters on Lake Marion Should Seek Safe Harbor...
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Brookdale, St. Matthews, Branchville, Bowman, Elloree, Santee State Park, Claflin College, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg County Airport, Sandy Run, Edisto Gardens, Santee, Swansea, North, Cameron, Neeses, Rowesville, Woodford, and Vance. This includes the following highways... Interstate 26 between mile markers 125 and 169. Interstate 95 between mile markers 85 and 101.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Lexington County, SC
- Aiken County, SC
- Sumter County, SC
- Calhoun County, SC
- Clarendon County, SC
- Northwestern Orangeburg
- Central Orangeburg
- Southeastern Orangeburg
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XJYJK1QTVC9JW828WBWT3R
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5256d623992d6f2cbc6207d770bd8191313cfb48.001.1
- 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.2704
- 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 191940 |
| NWSheadline | Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Calhoun, southwestern Clarendon, southeastern Lexington, southwestern Sumter, east central Aiken and Orangeburg Counties through 415 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:40:00-00:00...storm...055DEG...12KT...33.74,-81.11 33.34,-80.6 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lexington County, SC
- Aiken County, SC
- Sumter County, SC
- Calhoun County, SC
- Clarendon County, SC
- Northwestern Orangeburg
- Central Orangeburg
- Southeastern Orangeburg
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045063 |
| SAME | 045003 |
| SAME | 045085 |
| SAME | 045017 |
| SAME | 045027 |
| SAME | 045075 |
| UGC | SCZ027 |
| UGC | SCZ030 |
| UGC | SCZ031 |
| UGC | SCZ037 |
| UGC | SCZ038 |
| UGC | SCZ135 |
| UGC | SCZ136 |
| UGC | SCZ137 |
- Polygons
- 33.67,-81.32 33.82,-80.99 33.64,-80.49 33.41,-80.37 33.31,-80.49 33.33,-80.49 33.33,-80.51 33.21,-80.74 33.67,-81.32