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WWUS82 KGSP 052146
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
GAZ010-017-052230-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
546 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HABERSHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON, OR NEAR LAKE BURTON. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
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 BURTON, SEED LAKE, AND BATESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
IF ON OR NEAR 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 8365 3484 8366 3487 8366 3487 8349
3470 8350 3470 8364 3471 8364 3473 8362
3474 8362 3475 8363 3476 8363 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 275DEG 2KT 3479 8359
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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