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WWUS82 KGSP 142132
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
GAZ026-028-SCZ104-142200-
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-
532 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
NORTHWESTERN HART AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 531 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE, OR OVER GUMLOG, 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...
LAVONIA, GUMLOG, TUGALOO STATE PARK, REED CREEK, AND FAIR PLAY.
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 3450 8316 3450 8315 3453 8302 3449 8298
3448 8299 3448 8297 3443 8292 3437 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 334DEG 13KT 3449 8308
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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