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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2025
GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ062-SCZ101-104-311800-
FRANKLIN GA-RABUN GA-STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-MACON NC-
GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
127 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
WESTERN
STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...SOUTHERN MACON AND WEST CENTRAL OCONEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 127 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIAWASSEE TO 15 MILES EAST
OF BLAIRSVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
40 MPH.
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...
MOUNTAIN CITY, FRANKLIN, LONG CREEK, TIGER, CORNELIA, LAKE BURTON,
SCALY MOUNTAIN, SKY VALLEY, ALTO, AND TALLULAH GORGE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3491 8363 3494 8360 3495 8355 3499 8355
3500 8348 3500 8352 3510 8360 3524 8323
3524 8322 3498 8318 3441 8333 3440 8338
3446 8340 3449 8353 3443 8362 3450 8367
3454 8362 3465 8366 3474 8362 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 249DEG 36KT 3498 8370 3483 8368 3440 8379
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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