Special Weather Statement
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southwestern Lexington And Northeastern Aiken Counties Through 345 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles southwest of Red Bank, moving southwest at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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... Pelion, Steedman, Samaria Fire Station, and Cedar Pond Campground. This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 33 and 46.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Lexington County, SC
- Aiken County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3591T6XF1EEE2T80GH5GXK1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1aa085a8396e64f096b3148375012365eb1fbee2.001.1
- 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.2285
- 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 221921 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Lexington and northeastern Aiken Counties through 345 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T19:20:00-00:00...storm...055DEG...11KT...33.82,-81.36 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lexington County, SC
- Aiken County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045063 |
| SAME | 045003 |
| UGC | SCZ027 |
| UGC | SCZ030 |
- Polygons
- 33.91,-81.31 33.82,-81.22 33.65,-81.44 33.82,-81.57 33.91,-81.31