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WWUS82 KGSP 011958
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
GAZ017-018-SCZ101-102-104-105-012030-
STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-
GREATER PICKENS SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
358 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STEPHENS
EAST CENTRAL
HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 357 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PICKENS TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALHALLA TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOCCOA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 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...
TOCCOA, SENECA, WALHALLA, WESTMINSTER, AVALON, SALEM, LAKE KEOWEE,
JOCASSEE GORGES, LAKE JOCASSEE, AND DEVILS FORK STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE KEOWEE AND LAKE JOCASSEE, 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3458 8350 3484 8320 3493 8314 3494 8311
3495 8313 3501 8309 3503 8279 3478 8283
3464 8293 3451 8307 3453 8308 3454 8311
3449 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 279DEG 15KT 3500 8302 3484 8313 3463 8336
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JRK
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