8/7/2023 7:13:00 PM until 8/7/2023 8:15:00 PM

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

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Calhoun County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Clarendon County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Barnwell County in central South Carolina... Northern Bamberg County in central South Carolina... Southeastern Lexington County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina... East central Aiken County in central South Carolina... Orangeburg County in central South Carolina... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 711 PM EDT, a line of severe thunderstorms was located in central Orangeburg county moving east at 40 mph. Another line of thunderstorms was moving into the county from the west at 40 mph. HAZARD...60-70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Orangeburg, Bamberg, Brookdale, St. Matthews, Holly Hill, Branchville, Summerton, Bowman, Elloree, Santee State Park, Santee Cooper Regional Airport, Claflin College, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg County Airport, Edisto Gardens, Santee, North, Springfield, Cameron, and Salley. This includes the following highways... Interstate 26 between mile markers 129 and 169. Interstate 95 between mile markers 85 and 111. THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH