776  
WWUS82 KGSP 152214  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
GAZ018-026-028-SCZ010-104-152245-  
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-ANDERSON SC-  
614 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN  
 
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS...NORTHWESTERN HART...WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON AND  
SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...  
 
AT 614 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SENECA, OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTMINSTER,  
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 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...  
SENECA, WESTMINSTER, GUMLOG, TUGALOO STATE PARK, LAVONIA, LAKE  
HARTWELL, REED CREEK, TOWNVILLE, FAIR PLAY, 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 3469 8319 3474 8291 3447 8283 3443 8316  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 348DEG 23KT 3464 8303  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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