Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 5:27PM EDT until June 18 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 2:27pm
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description:
At 526 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Calhoun Falls to 6 miles south of Lincolnton to 7
miles north of Stapleton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Evans, Thomson, McCormick, Lincolnton, Appling, Clarks Hill
Recreation Area, Elijah Clark State Park, Riverwood, Mistletoe State
Park, Wrightsboro, J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Mccormick County Airport,
Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, Plum Branch, Bordeaux, Thomson Fire
Department, Scott's Landing, McDuffie Regional Medical Center, Knox
Scout Reservation, and Double Branches.
This includes Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 167 and
185.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Columbia, GA; Lincoln, GA; McDuffie, GA; McCormick, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov