Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
134 WWUS52 KGSP 061957 SVSGSP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 357 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 SCC073-062015- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-240506T2015Z/ Oconee SC- 357 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY... At 357 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of Walhalla, or near Salem, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Salem, Devils Fork State Park, Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee, and Walhalla. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter inside an interior room. If on or near Lake Keowee or southern Lake Jocassee, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 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. && LAT...LON 3478 8307 3496 8308 3498 8293 3494 8290 3482 8290 3479 8288 3476 8289 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 268DEG 16KT 3487 8299 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 8