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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
GAZ026-028-029-SCZ010-011-104-230000-
ELBERT GA-HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-ABBEVILLE SC-
ANDERSON SC-
717 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...ELBERT
HART...SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 716 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE TO 13 MILES
SOUTH OF ELBERTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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...
ELBERTON, HARTWELL, CALHOUN FALLS, REED CREEK, LAVONIA, GUMLOG,
BOWMAN, CANON, BOWERSVILLE, AND LOWNDESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE HARTWELL OR TATE LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT
TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3398 8261 3397 8264 3399 8265 3397 8278
3399 8283 3398 8286 3401 8291 3401 8293
3448 8321 3448 8318 3453 8311 3464 8290
3407 8252 3407 8253 3401 8260 3399 8258
3396 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 260DEG 20KT 3448 8313 3392 8279
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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