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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
243 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024

SCZ101-102-104-105-051915-
Greater Oconee SC-Pickens Mountains SC-Greater Pickens SC-
Oconee Mountains SC-
243 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

At 242 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles west of Pickens, or over Keowee Toxaway State Park, moving east
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...
Pickens, Salem, Devils Fork State Park, Lake Keowee, Keowee Toxaway
State Park, Table Rock State Park, Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee,
Sunset, and Sassafras Mountain.

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.

If on or near Lake Jocassee, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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LAT...LON 3507 8279 3507 8278 3506 8276 3505 8275
      3505 8274 3506 8273 3505 8272 3506 8271
      3506 8270 3487 8263 3483 8297 3499 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 254DEG 10KT 3493 8289

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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