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... Lancaster County in central South Carolina... Southwestern Chesterfield County in central South Carolina... Northern Kershaw County in central South Carolina... * Until 945 PM EDT. * At 850 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Andrew Jackson State Park to near Carlisle, moving southeast 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... Lancaster, Winnsboro, Springdale, Lake Wateree Dam, Kershaw, Elgin, Heath Springs, Westville, USC Lancaster, Irwin, Liberty Hill, Mt Pisgah, Longtown, Buford, Lake Wateree State Park, Mcbee, Bethune, Ridgeway, Lebanon Fire Station, and North Central High School. This includes Interstate 77 between mile markers 32 and 50.