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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fairfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lancaster, SC

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SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Lancaster County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 416 PM EDT, a severe...

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For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Lancaster County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 416 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Great Falls, or 11 miles southwest of Lancaster, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Springdale, Kershaw, Elgin, Heath Springs, USC Lancaster, Irwin, Liberty Hill, Lake Wateree State Park, Arrowood Estates, Bell Town Fire Station, Camp Creek Fire Station, Antioch, Mitford, Kirk Air Base, Faith Christian School, Pleasant Hill, Unity Fire Station, Kershaw Correctional Institution, and Lancaster Mill.

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 4:16PM EDT until August 21 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Columbia SC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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