1/27/2024 5:59:00 PM until 1/27/2024 6:45:00 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.

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Lexington County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Richland County in central South Carolina... Western Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 645 PM EST. * At 558 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fairfield County Airport to Oak Grove, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Columbia, Lexington, West Columbia, Irmo, Forest Acres, St. Andrews, Dentsville, Oak Grove, Red Bank, Arcadia Lakes, Villages at Sandhill, Columbia International University, Liberty Hill, Elgin, Killian, Harbison State Forest, Riverbanks Zoo, Sesquicentennial State Park, Lake Carolina, and Longtown. This includes the following highways... Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 2. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 56 and 75. Interstate 26 between mile markers 100 and 110. Interstate 77 between mile markers 17 and 40. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH