8/18/2025 5:06:00 PM until 8/18/2025 5:30:00 PM

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 506 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near South Congaree, or near Red Bank, moving southwest at 5 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Columbia, Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Forest Acres, St. Andrews, Red Bank, Dentsville, Oak Grove, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, Arcadia Lakes, Villages at Sandhill, Columbia International University, Killian, Riverbanks Zoo, SC State Farmer's Market, Woodfield, and Sesquicentennial State Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 3. Interstate 20 in South Carolina near mile marker 57, and between mile markers 59 and 81. Interstate 26 between mile markers 106 and 124. Interstate 77 between mile markers 0 and 25.