Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of West Central Lexington And Eastern Saluda Counties Through 300 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 209 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Red Bank, moving southwest at 10 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... Lexington, Batesburg-Leesville, Red Bank, Gilbert, Summit, Camp Kinard, Fredonia, Murray, Barr Lake, Samaria Fire Station, and Red Bank Sports Complex. This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 38 and 55.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Saluda County, SC
- Lexington County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32JJ2JZ99NBEY2R2JB5RPJF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b2b19f1268389999e4a41bd4c472cef2ad52a90e.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.156
- 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 211809 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Lexington and eastern Saluda Counties through 300 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:09:00-00:00...storm...064DEG...7KT...33.96,-81.32 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Saluda County, SC
- Lexington County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045081 |
| SAME | 045063 |
| UGC | SCZ026 |
| UGC | SCZ027 |
- Polygons
- 33.97,-81.55 34.03,-81.27 33.91,-81.2 33.79,-81.46 33.8,-81.47 33.97,-81.55