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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fairfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lee, SC +2 more

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SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Lee County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Richland County in central South...

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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... East central Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Lee County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Richland County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 427 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Longtown to near Bishopville, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Columbia, Camden, Bishopville, Lake Wateree Dam, Dentsville, Lugoff, Villages at Sandhill, Elgin, Killian, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, Goodale State Park, Mayesville, Dinkins Mill, Manville, Spring Hill, North Towne Square Shopping Center, Boykin, Pine Grove Fire Station, and Wateree River Correctional Institution. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 78 and 118. Interstate 77 between mile markers 18 and 20.

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 4:27PM EDT until September 5 at 5:15PM 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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