Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 2:44PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 26, 2026 - 11:44am
Expires:
August 26, 2026 - 12:15pm
Description:
At 243 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gaston, or 12 miles south of Cayce, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and extremely heavy rainfall.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Cayce, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, SC State Farmer's Market,
Hopkins, Sandy Run, Swansea, North, Pelion, Woodford, New Zion,
Lexington County Airport At Pelion, Lexington Acres Pond, Peachtree
Rock, Edmund, Silver Lake, and Dixiana.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 26 between mile markers 116 and 140.
Interstate 77 between mile markers 0 and 4, and between mile markers
6 and 7.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Lexington; Richland; Calhoun; Northwestern Orangeburg
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov