If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for Upstate South Carolina.

At 249 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Gaffney to near Spartanburg. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Spartanburg, Gaffney, Boiling Springs SC, Pacolet, Cowpens, Wellford, Blacksburg, Mayo, Roebuck, and Pacolet Mills.