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WWUS82 KGSP 181915
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-182000-
ELBERT GA-HART GA-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
315 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN HART
SOUTH CENTRAL ANDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH
400 PM EDT...
AT 314 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELBERTON TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON, ELBERTON, HOMELAND PARK, CALHOUN FALLS, IVA, LAKE
SECESSION, STARR, LOWNDESVILLE, LAKE STROM THURMOND, AND RUSSELL
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3399 8283 3398 8286 3401 8291 3401 8294
3403 8294 3405 8299 3408 8300 3410 8304
3411 8303 3414 8306 3455 8264 3407 8250
3407 8253 3401 8260 3399 8259 3398 8264
3399 8266 3397 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 231DEG 31KT 3417 8297 3396 8294
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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