Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 14 at 5:45PM EDT until June 14 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 14, 2026 - 2:45pm
Expires:
June 14, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description:
At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gaston, or 8
miles southeast of Red Bank, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Cayce, Red Bank, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, SC State
Farmer's Market, Sandy Run, Pelion, New Zion, Lexington County
Airport At Pelion, Lexington Acres Pond, Peachtree Rock, Edmund,
Silver Lake, and Dixiana.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 26 between mile markers 116 and 125.
Interstate 77 between mile markers 0 and 3.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Calhoun, SC; Lexington, SC; Richland, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender: