Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SVRCAE

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Lee County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Clarendon County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Lexington County in central South Carolina... Sumter County in central South Carolina... Richland County in central South Carolina... Southern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 507 PM EDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sardis to near Springdale, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

* Locations impacted include... Columbia, Sumter, West Columbia, Cayce, Irmo, Forest Acres, Camden, Winnsboro, Bishopville, Springdale, St. Andrews, Dentsville, Oak Grove, South Sumter, Shaw Air Base, McEntire Air Base, Lake Wateree Dam, Pine Ridge, Arcadia Lakes, and Eastover.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 3. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 60 and 126. Interstate 26 between mile markers 97 and 116. Interstate 77 between mile markers 0 and 41. Interstate 95 between mile markers 124 and 146.