Interactive NWS Alert Information

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SCC003-017-037-039-055-063-071-079-081-052315-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
637 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM CAYCE TO 6 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  JOHNSTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAYCE TO 6 MILES WEST OF
  LEXINGTON TO 17 MILES WEST OF BATESBURG...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45
  MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...FORT
  JACKSON...WOODFIELDS...WINNSBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...ST. ANDREWS...
  SPRINGDALE...SOUTH CONGAREE...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...RED BANK...
  PROSPERITY...PINE RIDGE...OAK GROVE...NEWBERRY...LEXINGTON...
  LEESVILLE...JOHNSTON...IRMO...GASTON...FOREST ACRES...EDGEFIELD...
  DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CAYCE...BATESBURG AND ARCADIA LAKES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOLL FREE 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3446 8088 3439 8068 3373 8098 3383 8133
      3372 8198 3443 8175 3448 8169 3449 8157
      3445 8153 3449 8149 3449 8145 3451 8143
      3455 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 198DEG 38KT 3392 8102 3399 8132
          3392 8184