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WWUS82 KGSP 282106
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
GAZ010-NCZ062>064-SCZ101-102-104-105-282145-
RABUN GA-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
GREATER OCONEE SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
506 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RABUN
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 505 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN, OR NEAR CASHIERS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHLANDS, CASHIERS, SALEM, LAKE GLENVILLE, JOCASSEE GORGES, LAKE
JOCASSEE, DEVILS FORK STATE PARK, GORGES STATE PARK, KEOWEE TOXAWAY
STATE PARK, AND LAKE TOXAWAY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3522 8319 3506 8275 3505 8275 3505 8274
3493 8282 3478 8303 3512 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 309DEG 26KT 3512 8315
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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