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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ059-062-SCZ101-104-210900-
FRANKLIN GA-RABUN GA-STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
MACON NC-GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
428 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...MACON...WEST CENTRAL JACKSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EDT...
AT 428 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF HAYESVILLE TO NEAR HOMER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
TOCCOA, FRANKLIN, CLAYTON, CLARKESVILLE, CARNESVILLE, CORNELIA,
BALDWIN, DEMOREST, MOUNT AIRY, AND ALTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3533 8340 3533 8334 3539 8330 3434 8313
3429 8336 3433 8339 3446 8340 3449 8354
3446 8358 3447 8358 3488 8365 3492 8360
3494 8360 3495 8355 3499 8355 3500 8348
3500 8352 3515 8366 3515 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 241DEG 21KT 3510 8362 3434 8350
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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