288  
WWUS82 KGSP 152249  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
649 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
 
GAZ026-028-SCZ104-152315-  
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE SC-  
649 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN  
 
NORTHWESTERN HART AND SOUTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 648 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL, OR 4 MILES EAST OF LAVONIA, MOVING NORTH  
AT 10 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...  
REED CREEK, LAVONIA, GUMLOG, BOWERSVILLE, TUGALOO STATE PARK, 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 3436 8310 3450 8316 3452 8313 3456 8295  
3453 8294 3448 8299 3448 8295 3449 8294  
3448 8293 3440 8290  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 160DEG 9KT 3443 8302  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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