Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
728 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 2024

SCZ101-102-105-160015-
Pickens Mountains SC-Greater Pickens SC-Oconee Mountains SC-
728 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

At 728 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southwest of Brevard, or near Gorges State Park, moving
southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Devils Fork State Park, Table Rock State Park, Jocassee Gorges, Lake
Jocassee, Keowee Toxaway State Park, Lake Keowee, Sunset, Sassafras
Mountain, Rocky Bottom, and Pumpkintown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3503 8299 3503 8298 3504 8298 3504 8296
      3508 8279 3507 8278 3507 8277 3505 8275
      3505 8272 3498 8264 3492 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 330DEG 10KT 3509 8289

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

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