Thursday, October 13, 2011

Strong Thunderstorms Moving into Augusta/Richmond County in SC


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWESTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL 
  SAVANNAH RIVER AREA FROM THE WEST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
  EASTWARD NEAR 40 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  THE LINE WILL LIKELY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. 

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE THOMSON...SARDIS...
  MIDVILLE...MARTINEZ...LINCOLNTON...  HEPHZIBAH...HARLEM...GROVETOWN...
  FORT GORDON...EVANS...AUGUSTA..MCCORMICK...AND JACKSON.

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