7/8/2023 4:01:00 PM until 7/8/2023 4:45:00 PM

For your protection seek shelter inside a sturdy building and stay away from windows. Excessive cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways or walk through high water.

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Calhoun County in central South Carolina... Central Orangeburg County in central South Carolina... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 401 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Edisto Gardens, or near Orangeburg, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Brookdale, Branchville, Bowman, Elloree, Orangeburg County Airport, Claflin College, Edisto Gardens, South Carolina State University, Cameron, Norway, Rowesville, Cordova, Cope, Yonder Field, Wilkinson Heights, Prince of Orange Mall and Edisto. This includes Interstate 26 between mile markers 144 and 161. HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH