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WWUS82 KGSP 082353
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
SCZ008-090030-
CHEROKEE SC-
753 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM
EDT...
AT 753 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF GAFFNEY, OR NEAR BLACKSBURG, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10
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...
GAFFNEY, BLACKSBURG, CHEROKEE FALLS, DRAYTONVILLE, THICKETTY, SARATT,
AND KINGS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3487 8148 3499 8178 3518 8161 3517 8152
3512 8140 3505 8142 3505 8147 3503 8149
3498 8148 3497 8149 3494 8149 3494 8147
3492 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 033DEG 11KT 3510 8156
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
RWH
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