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.

SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Fairfield County in central South Carolina... Southeastern Newberry County in central South Carolina... Lexington County in central South Carolina... Eastern Saluda County in central South Carolina... Northeastern Aiken County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Richland County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 400 AM EDT. * At 311 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Blackstock to 6 miles east of Saluda, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Columbia, Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Irmo, Forest Acres, Batesburg-Leesville, Winnsboro, Springdale, Dentsville, Oak Grove, Lake Wateree Dam, St. Andrews, VC Summer Nuclear Station, Highway 6 at Lake Murray Dam, Red Bank, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, and Prosperity. This includes the following highways... Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 3. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 38 and 83. Interstate 26 between mile markers 79 and 120. Interstate 77 between mile markers 0 and 48.