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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
GAZ010-NCZ062>064-SCZ101-102-082245-
RABUN GA-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
612 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RABUN
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON AND NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN, OR NEAR HIGHLANDS. ANOTHER STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SKY VALLEY GEORGIA. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
LAKE TOXAWAY, CASHIERS, BAD CREEK, PINE MOUNTAIN, WHITESIDE MOUNTAIN,
LAKE JOCASSEE, HIGHLANDS, SCALY MOUNTAIN, SKY VALLEY, AND SAPPHIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKES JOCASSEE OR TOXAWAY, 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3488 8332 3504 8337 3522 8295 3498 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 251DEG 26KT 3503 8319
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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