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.