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WWUS82 KGSP 220232
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1032 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
SCZ101-102-104-105-220315-
GREATER OCONEE SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
1032 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM EDT...
AT 1032 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF WALHALLA, OR NEAR SALEM, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
WALHALLA, LIBERTY, SIX MILE, SALEM, LAKE KEOWEE, JOCASSEE GORGES,
LAKE JOCASSEE, DEVILS FORK STATE PARK, KEOWEE TOXAWAY STATE PARK, AND
OCONEE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE JOCASSEE OR LAKE KEOWEE, 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 3499 8309 3504 8287 3479 8267 3466 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 331DEG 11KT 3487 8296
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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