Severe weather is being forecast for South Carolina and Lexington County, according to the National Weather Service-Columbia. Showers and storms are expected for Tuesday, along with the potential for heavy rainfall and damaging winds.  Click for link to National Weather Service information

A wind advisory is in effect from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday for the majority of South Carolina. Winds will be out of the south at 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph.  Power outages and downed tree limbs are possible. Rainfall amounts if between 1 and 2 inches are possible.

Rain is expected to move into South Carolina Tuesday morning. Storms are expected to start to develop by noon Tuesday. The storms will be moving quickly from west to east, with severe weather possible. Storms will continue to move from west to east, Tuesday afternoon. Severe weather is possible on I-26 and east of I-26, Tuesday afternoon. By Tuesday evening most of the rain and thunderstorms will have moved past Lexington County, but it still may be windy.

The forecast is for dry and mostly sunny weather for Wednesday and Thursday.