For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can produce large capsizing waves and frequent lightning. If on or near Lake Murray move away from the water and take shelter!

At 1006 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Dreher Island State Park to 9 miles southeast of Batesburg-Leesville to 9 miles north of Aiken State Park, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. Locations impacted include... Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Irmo, Batesburg-Leesville, St. Andrews, Oak Grove, Highway 6 at Lake Murray Dam, Red Bank, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, Gaston, Harbison State Forest, Columbia Metro Airport, Swansea, Wagener, Pelion, Gilbert, Summit, and Salley. This includes the following highways... Interstate 126 between mile markers 0 and 1. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 25 and 65. Interstate 26 between mile markers 101 and 114.