If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

At 653 PM EDT/553 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Columbia, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Liberty, Peytons Store, Christine, Lawhorn Hill, Absher, Gilpin, Jacktown, Lanhamtown, Cantown, and Evans Ford.