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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:41 AM Jun. 11, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Burke County in east central Georgia... Southern Richmond County in east central Georgia... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 839 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of Hephzibah, or 12 miles southwest of Fort Eisenhower, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Waynesboro, Hephzibah, Alexander, Burke County Airport, McBean, Gough, Augusta Regional Airport, Blythe, Keysville, Vidette, Di- Lane Wildlife Management Area, New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam Park, Bath- Edie, Pea Patch Aerodrome, Bennock Mill, Shell Bluff, Ellwood, Diamond Lakes Regional Park, and Rosier. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 12:19 AM Jun. 11, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern McDuffie, Burke, southern Richmond and southwestern Aiken Counties through 900 PM EDT... At 818 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wrens, or 12 miles east of Gibson, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Waynesboro, Plant Vogtle, Hephzibah, Jackson, Sardis, Midville, Alexander, Burke County Airport, Gough, McBean, Blythe, Keysville, Girard, Vidette, Bath- Edie, Rosier, Leitner Lake Conference Center, Di- Lane Wildlife Management Area, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, and Pea Patch Aerodrome. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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