673  
WWUS82 KGSP 210939  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
539 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
GAZ010-018-026-028-NCZ062>064-SCZ010-101-102-104-105-211015-  
HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-RABUN GA-STEPHENS GA-TRANSYLVANIA NC-  
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-GREATER OCONEE SC-ANDERSON SC-  
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-  
539 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
 
 
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS...NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHWESTERN HART...  
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN  
JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES  
THROUGH 615 AM EDT...  
 
AT 538 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN TO 8 MILES  
NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
CLEMSON, SENECA, WALHALLA, CENTRAL, PENDLETON, WESTMINSTER, REED  
CREEK, LAVONIA, GUMLOG, AND HIGHLANDS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3510 8277 3448 8276 3435 8317 3507 8323  
3526 8291  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 241DEG 25KT 3503 8317 3445 8312  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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