Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 9:09PM EDT until August 11 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 6:09pm
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description:
SVRCAE
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Newberry County in central South Carolina...
Northwestern Lexington County in central South Carolina...
Northeastern Saluda County in central South Carolina...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 909 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newberry,
moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Newberry, Prosperity, Newberry County Airport, Dreher Island State
Park, Newberry College, Chapin, Little Mountain, Pomaria,
Silverstreet, Peak, Stoney Hill, Newberry County Detention Center,
Shull Island, Bundrick Island, Fairview Fire Station, Putnam's
Landing, Siesta Cove Marina, Mid-Carolina High School, Rocky Point
Recreation Area, and Wyses Ferry.
This includes Interstate 26 between mile markers 65 and 91.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Severe thunderstorms can produce large capsizing waves and frequent
lightning. If on or near Lake Murray move away from the water and
take shelter!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Lexington, SC; Newberry, SC; Saluda, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov