1/9/2024 1:12:00 PM until 1/9/2024 2:00:00 PM

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EST for east central Georgia...and central South Carolina.

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Burke County in east central Georgia... Eastern Richmond County in east central Georgia... Western Barnwell County in central South Carolina... South central Lexington County in central South Carolina... Aiken County in central South Carolina... * Until 200 PM EST. * At 111 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Belvedere to near Gough, moving northeast at 70 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Aiken, North Augusta, Waynesboro, Savannah River Site, Aiken Mall, Augusta, Plant Vogtle, Clearwater, New Ellenton, Jackson, Sardis, Alexander, Burke County Airport, USC Aiken, Citizens Park, McBean, Gloverville, Augusta Regional Airport, Aiken State Park, and Graniteville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 9 and 15. Interstate 520 in South Carolina between mile markers 16 and 18. TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH