Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter inside an interior room. If on or near Lake Jocassee, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 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.

At 305 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest of Pickens, or near Jocassee Gorges, moving east 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... Table Rock State Park, Jocassee Gorges, Sunset, Sassafras Mountain, Rocky Bottom, Lake Jocassee, and Keowee Toxaway State Park.