Weather Alerts For Camden, SC

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Fairfield, northern Lee, Chesterfield and central Kershaw Counties through 530 PM EDT Boaters on Lake Wateree Should Seek Safe Harbor # SUMMARY -------------------- At 424 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Buford to near Mt Pisgah to near Liberty Hill. Movement was east at 40 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE - Camden, Cheraw, Bishopville, Lake Wateree Dam, Pageland, Chesterfield, Westville, Cheraw State Park, Northeastern Technical College, Cassatt, Cheraw Municipal Airport, Lee State Park, Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Refuge, Mt Pisgah, Longtown, Goodale State Park, Mcbee, Jefferson, Ruby, and Patrick. - This includes Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 121 and 124. ISSUED AT Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Columbia SC HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Chesterfield SC, Fairfield SC, Kershaw SC, Lee SC

Closest strike: 4.09 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE CAROLINAS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms are expected mainly tonight across the Dakotas. Large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Thunderstorms capable of scattered wind damage are possible in parts of the Carolinas. 20Z Update The SLGT risk in eastern IA was removed, given recent convective trends and displacement from the parent/weakening MCV. The MRGL risk in the wake of this activity was also trimmed in parts of the Midwest, where robust capping at the base of the EML will limit thunderstorm/severe potential. Farther west, the SLGT risk in the northern Plains was expanded slightly southwestward in southwest SD, where steepening midlevel lapse rates and around 60 kt of effective shear will promote large hail with intensifying elevated supercells overnight.