Special Weather Statement issued October 10 at 10:16PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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At 1016 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 6 miles south of Laurens, or 5 miles northeast of Waterloo, moving north at 30 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Laurens, Waterloo, Clinton, Mountville, and Ora. In addition to intense lightning, very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas. Doppler radar indicates weak rotation with this storm. Spin-up of a very brief, weak tornado cannot be ruled out. Be prepared to take immediate action if a tornado is sighted or a Tornado Warning is issued.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- SC, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Laurens
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-10T22:16:00-04:00
- states
- ["SC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-10T22:16:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1742ffff58452bdecb9b9f2735d31ca62d2603e0.001.1
- references
- []
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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