Severe Thunderstorm Watch 05/30/2025 09:56 for Georgia, South Carolina areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 30 at 12:56PM EDT until May 30 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 30, 2025 - 9:56am
Expires: 
May 30, 2025 - 5:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY ORANGEBURG RICHLAND SALUDA SUMTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AIKEN, AUGUSTA, BAMBERG, BARNWELL, BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, BISHOPVILLE, BLACKVILLE, BROOKDALE, CAMDEN, CAYCE, CHERAW, CLARKS HILL, COLUMBIA, DENMARK, EDGEFIELD, ELGIN, ELGIN, EVANS, JOHNSTON, LANCASTER, LANCASTER MILL, LEXINGTON, LINCOLNTON, LUGOFF, MANNING, MARTINEZ, MCCORMICK, MURPHYS ESTATES, NEWBERRY, NORTH AUGUSTA, OAK GROVE, ORANGEBURG, PAGELAND, RED BANK, RIDGE SPRING, SALUDA, SEVEN OAKS, SPRINGDALE, ST. MATTHEWS, SUMMERTON, SUMTER, THOMSON, WAYNESBORO, WEST COLUMBIA, WILLISTON, WINNSBORO, AND WINNSBORO MILLS.
Area Description: 
Burke, GA; Columbia, GA; Lincoln, GA; McDuffie, GA; Richmond, GA; Aiken, SC; Bamberg, SC; Barnwell, SC; Calhoun, SC; Chesterfield, SC; Clarendon, SC; Edgefield, SC; Fairfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lancaster, SC; Lee, SC; Lexington, SC; McCormick, SC; Newberry, SC; Orangeburg, SC; Richland, SC; Saluda, SC; Sumter, SC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Columbia SC