WUUS52 KCAE 202118
SVRCAE
SCC025-055-057-202215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0029.240420T2118Z-240420T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
518 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Lancaster County in central South Carolina...
  Chesterfield County in central South Carolina...
  Northeastern Kershaw County in central South Carolina...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 517 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Heath
  Springs, or 11 miles southeast of Lancaster, moving southeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotter reports 2 inch hail observed in 
           the city of Lancaster.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to trees and powerlines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cheraw, Pageland, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Heath Springs, Cheraw
  State Park, Northeastern Technical College, Carolina Sandhills
  Wildlife Refuge, Mt Pisgah, Cheraw Municipal Airport, Mcbee,
  Jefferson, Ruby, Patrick, Bethune, Chesterfield Ruby Middle School,
  Cheraw Fish Hatchery, Middendorf, Central High School, and High
  Point Fire Station.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3460 7981 3453 7983 3449 7988 3449 7997
      3450 7998 3449 8005 3435 8032 3434 8039
      3454 8066 3462 8067 3469 8060 3482 8057
      3482 8052 3469 7987 3466 7983 3465 7980
      3461 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 301DEG 30KT 3464 8061 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CJR