If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM EDT for northeastern Georgia...and Upstate South Carolina.

At 144 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Anderson to 15 miles northwest of Greenwood to 5 miles west of Abbeville to 13 miles north of Washington. Movement was northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville, Clinton, Honea Path, Ware Shoals, Ninety Six, Joanna, Gray Court, and Cross Hill.