At 243 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Elgin, or 7 miles northeast of Columbia, 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... Columbia, Sumter, Forest Acres, Camden, Bishopville, St. Andrews, Dentsville, Shaw Air Base, Arcadia Lakes, Lugoff, Oakland, Villages at Sandhill, Columbia International University, Elgin, Killian, Mulberry, Woodfield, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, and Fort Jackson.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 66 and 118. Interstate 77 between mile markers 13 and 29.