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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
SCZ009-211915-
YORK SC-
236 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY THROUGH
315 PM EDT...
AT 235 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES WEST OF YORK, OR NEAR SMYRNA, 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...
YORK, CLOVER, HICKORY GROVE, SMYRNA, KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, AND
BETHANY.
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
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3496 8140 3500 8145 3505 8143 3505 8141
3509 8140 3516 8124 3516 8119 3515 8114
3498 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 249DEG 19KT 3502 8135
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PM
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