Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 29 at 5:14PM EDT until June 29 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 29, 2026 - 2:14pm
Expires:
June 29, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRCAE
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Burke County in east central Georgia...
Southern Richmond County in east central Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 514 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hephzibah, or
9 miles north of Waynesboro, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro, Hephzibah, Burke County Airport, McBean, Gough, Blythe,
Keysville, Vidette, Bath-Edie, Pea Patch Aerodrome, Bennock Mill,
Shell Bluff, and Ellwood.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Burke, GA; Richmond, GA
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender: