Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
997 WWUS52 KGSP 250052 SVSGSP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 852 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 SCC073-077-250145- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0274.000000T0000Z-240925T0145Z/ Pickens SC-Oconee SC- 852 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES... At 852 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast of Walhalla, or near Devils Fork State Park, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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, Keowee Toxaway State Park, Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee, Sunset, Bad Creek, Sassafras Mountain, Nine Times, and Rocky Bottom. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3509 8279 3508 8278 3507 8278 3507 8277 3488 8273 3486 8304 3501 8305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 252DEG 18KT 3494 8297 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TW