Interactive NWS Alert Information

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
101 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 130 PM EST

* AT 1258 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF AIKEN...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ST. MATTHEWS...PINE
  RIDGE...NEW ELLENTON...GASTON...EASTOVER AND AIKEN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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LAT...LON 3362 8177 3408 8073 3377 8060 3373 8063
      3368 8057 3363 8055 3347 8129 3349 8137
      3343 8145 3338 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 249DEG 60KT 3366 8139