986  
WWUS82 KGSP 211709  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
109 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
SCZ011-012-019-211745-  
LAURENS SC-ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-  
109 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LAURENS  
 
NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH  
145 PM EDT...  
 
AT 109 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16  
MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE, OR NEAR DONALDS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20  
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...  
WARE SHOALS, DUE WEST, DONALDS, SHOALS JUNCTION, PRINCETON, AND  
HICKORY TAVERN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3442 8241 3457 8219 3441 8207 3428 8240  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 240DEG 19KT 3442 8233  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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