Weather Alert WatchOfficial-source alert index
NWS feedSource freshLast successful check:
Ended official alertUpdated

Special Weather Statement for Richmond; Burke; Aiken

This alert has ended.Kept for recent context. Do not use it as a current warning.

Official alert fields

What you need to know

Applies to
Burke, Richmond, Aiken
Effective
Ended
Official severity
Moderate
Official urgency
Expected
Official certainty
Observed

What is happening

At 936 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Wrens, or 13 miles southwest of Fort Gordon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted...

What the bulletin says to do

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Read official NWS bulletin

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 936 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Wrens, or 13 miles southwest of Fort Gordon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Waynesboro, Fort Gordon, Hephzibah, McBean, South Augusta, Augusta Regional Airport, Blythe, Keysville, Leitner Lake Conference Center, New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam Park, Bath-Edie, Pea Patch Aerodrome, Westover, Bennock Mill, Miles Park, Richmond County Recreation Center, Shell Bluff, Ellwood, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, and Diamond Lakes Regional Park. This includes Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 6 and 11.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

1 captured
  1. Alert

    Special Weather Statement issued July 24 at 9:36PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC

    Official revision

Source and limitations

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.

CAP status
Actual
Message type
Alert
Last collected
Methodology and corrections