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WWUS82 KGSP 152047
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
447 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025
GAZ010-017-152115-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
447 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 446 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON, OR 4 MILES WEST OF LAKE RABUN, MOVING
SOUTH 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...
LAKE RABUN, LAKEMONT, LAKE BURTON, TALLULAH FALLS, SEED LAKE, AND
TURNERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE RABUN, SEE LAKE, AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
LAKE BURTON, 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 3482 8358 3483 8343 3468 8339 3468 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 350DEG 7KT 3477 8352
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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