WWUS52 KGSP 261712

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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC

112 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025



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Rabun GA-Oconee SC-

112 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT

FOR CENTRAL RABUN AND WEST CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES...



At 112 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of

Clayton, or near Lakemont, moving southwest at 15 mph.



HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.



Locations impacted include...

Clayton, Tiger, Lakemont, Tallulah Gorge State Park, Black Rock

Mountain State Park, Long Creek, Mountain City, Tallulah Falls, Lake

Rabun, and Lake Burton.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.

Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading

killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to

be struck by lightning.



&&



LAT...LON 3468 8333 3470 8335 3472 8335 3472 8336

      3473 8338 3473 8340 3486 8357 3495 8344

      3481 8320

TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 030DEG 11KT 3479 8338 



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



$$



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