Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions Of Barnwell, Bamberg, East Central Aiken And Southwestern Orangeburg Counties Through 530 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 451 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Williston to near Denmark to near Smoaks. Movement was southwest at 15 mph.
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... Barnwell, Bamberg, Denmark, Williston, Blackville, Branchville, Barnwell State Park, Rivers Bridge State Park, Ehrhardt, Springfield, Hilda, Norway, Rowesville, Snelling, Olar, Kline, Elko, Cope, Govan, and Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve.
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
- Aiken County, SC
- Barnwell County, SC
- Bamberg 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
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XQ0S19JYQH9XJB8JR0B2R4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a8cf8a114edc99b3bc716c12f0e6f0c5d01651fc.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.4903
- 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 192051 |
| NWSheadline | Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Barnwell, Bamberg, east central Aiken and southwestern Orangeburg Counties through 530 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:51:00-00:00...storm...027DEG...14KT...33.44,-81.47 33.25,-81.15 33.13,-80.77 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Aiken County, SC
- Barnwell County, SC
- Bamberg County, SC
- Northwestern Orangeburg
- Central Orangeburg
- Southeastern Orangeburg
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045003 |
| SAME | 045011 |
| SAME | 045009 |
| SAME | 045075 |
| UGC | SCZ030 |
| UGC | SCZ035 |
| UGC | SCZ041 |
| UGC | SCZ135 |
| UGC | SCZ136 |
| UGC | SCZ137 |
- Polygons
- 33.12,-81.19 33.11,-81.36 33.15,-81.53 33.59,-81.48 33.31,-80.63 33.27,-80.62 33.13,-80.89 33.09,-80.88 33.06,-80.9 33.1,-80.94 33.03,-81.08 33.12,-81.19