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WWUS82 KGSP 042038
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
GAZ029-SCZ011-042115-
ELBERT GA-ABBEVILLE SC-
438 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND
SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 437 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTON, OR NEAR NANCY HART STATE PARK, MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
CALHOUN FALLS, NANCY HART STATE PARK, MIDDLETON, LAKE STROM THURMOND,
LAKE RUSSELL, RUSSELL STATE PARK, FORTSONIA, RICHARD B RUSSELL DAM,
AND RICE TOWN.
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 RUSSEL 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 3401 8288 3423 8271 3408 8247 3408 8248
3407 8250 3407 8253 3401 8260 3398 8265
3399 8266 3398 8270 3398 8273 3397 8275
3397 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 232DEG 11KT 3401 8276
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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