Interactive NWS Alert Information

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
523 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 521 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM WINNSBORO
  TO COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 50 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FORT JACKSON...
  WOODFIELDS...ST. MATTHEWS...LUGOFF...LANCASTER...KERSHAW...IRWIN...
  HEATH SPRINGS...GASTON...FOREST ACRES...ELGIN...EASTOVER...CAMDEN
  AND ARCADIA LAKES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

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LAT...LON 3461 8040 3443 8033 3429 8040 3428 8044
      3424 8043 3417 8048 3375 8061 3357 8086
      3350 8108 3352 8134 3364 8120 3367 8123
      3422 8085 3439 8084 3448 8089 3471 8087
      3477 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 281DEG 45KT 3446 8103 3387 8122
          3359 8165