944
WWUS82 KGSP 220700
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
GAZ010-NCZ062>064-SCZ101-220745-
RABUN GA-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
300 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN RABUN
SOUTHEASTERN
MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT...
AT 259 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18
MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA, OR 5 MILES EAST OF HIGHLANDS, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON, HIGHLANDS, SKY VALLEY, CASHIERS, LAKE GLENVILLE, LAKEMONT,
TALLULAH GORGE STATE PARK, OCONEE STATE PARK, LAKE RABUN, AND GORGES
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3521 8325 3524 8309 3518 8296 3504 8294
3475 8321 3470 8332 3471 8335 3473 8338
3473 8340 3474 8342 3475 8343 3474 8343
3475 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 223DEG 28KT 3503 8311
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CP
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