Expires:202507012030;Remove:202507012030;712114 WWUS82 KGSP 011958 SPSGSP Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 358 PM EDT Tue Jul 1 2025 GAZ017-018-SCZ101-102-104-105-012030- Stephens GA-Habersham GA-Greater Oconee SC-Pickens Mountains SC- Greater Pickens SC-Oconee Mountains SC- 358 PM EDT Tue Jul 1 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STEPHENS...EAST CENTRAL HABERSHAM...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... At 357 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 19 miles northwest of Pickens to 5 miles northwest of Walhalla to 3 miles northwest of Toccoa. Movement was east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Toccoa, Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, Avalon, Salem, Lake Keowee, Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee, and Devils Fork State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. If on or near Lake Keowee and 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. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3458 8350 3484 8320 3493 8314 3494 8311 3495 8313 3501 8309 3503 8279 3478 8283 3464 8293 3451 8307 3453 8308 3454 8311 3449 8316 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 279DEG 15KT 3500 8302 3484 8313 3463 8336 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ JRK