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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
GAZ018-026-SCZ104-142145-
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-
510 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
EAST
CENTRAL STEPHENS AND SOUTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM
EDT...
AT 509 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF TOCCOA, OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTMINSTER, MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 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...
GUMLOG, TUGALOO STATE PARK, AND OAKWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR HARTWELL 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 3454 8326 3467 8318 3461 8299 3447 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 024DEG 8KT 3458 8314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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