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WWUS82 KGSP 312053
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT MON AUG 31 2026
SCZ102-103-105-106-312130-
CENTRAL GREENVILLE SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
453 PM EDT MON AUG 31 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 453 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKENS, OR NEAR SLATER-MARIETTA, MOVING SOUTH AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
TRAVELERS REST, SLATER-MARIETTA, PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, FURMAN
UNIVERSITY, PLEASANT RIDGE STATE PARK, JONES GAP STATE PARK, CAESARS
HEAD STATE PARK, BEREA, PUMPKINTOWN, AND DACUSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3492 8272 3513 8264 3513 8263 3514 8261
3514 8243 3492 8236 3487 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 001DEG 12KT 3504 8253
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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