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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
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LAURENS SC-
231 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 231 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS, OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOANNA, MOVING
EAST 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...
CLINTON, JOANNA, AND KINARDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3430 8194 3444 8193 3456 8177 3456 8173
3455 8172 3456 8168 3455 8166 3453 8165
3452 8165 3446 8170 3444 8173 3437 8178
3435 8181 3435 8183 3432 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 249DEG 19KT 3437 8187
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PM
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