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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
502 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ062-063-SCZ101-104-105-210945-
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-RABUN GA-STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
502 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FRANKLIN...STEPHENS
NORTHEASTERN HABERSHAM...RABUN...NORTHWESTERN HART...SOUTHEASTERN
MACON...SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON...WEST CENTRAL PICKENS AND OCONEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM EDT...
AT 501 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TOCCOA TO 4 MILES WEST OF CARNESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
TOCCOA, SENECA, WALHALLA, CLAYTON, CARNESVILLE, ROYSTON, WESTMINSTER,
LAVONIA, GUMLOG, AND HIGHLANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3426 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338 3447 8341
3511 8350 3525 8310 3510 8302 3505 8306
3503 8301 3503 8298 3480 8285 3456 8291
3448 8299 3448 8292 3433 8296 3427 8312
3424 8317 3424 8325 3426 8330 3423 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 237DEG 17KT 3508 8342 3460 8327 3434 8331
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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