Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND

IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

AIKEN BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY ORANGEBURG RICHLAND SALUDA SUMTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AIKEN, AUGUSTA, BAMBERG, BARNWELL, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, BISHOPVILLE, BLACKVILLE, BROOKDALE, CAMDEN, CAYCE, CHERAW, CLARKS HILL, COLUMBIA, DENMARK, EDGEFIELD, ELGIN, ELGIN, EVANS, JOHNSTON, LANCASTER, LANCASTER MILL, LEXINGTON, LINCOLNTON, LUGOFF, MANNING, MARTINEZ, MCCORMICK, MURPHYS ESTATES, NEWBERRY, NORTH AUGUSTA, OAK GROVE, ORANGEBURG, PAGELAND, RED BANK, RIDGE SPRING, SALUDA, SEVEN OAKS, SPRINGDALE, ST. MATTHEWS, SUMMERTON, SUMTER, THOMSON, WAYNESBORO, WEST COLUMBIA, WILLISTON, WINNSBORO, AND WINNSBORO MILLS.