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  • Special Weather Statement for Oconee County, Georgia
  • Special Weather Statement issued June 17 at 5:48PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 5:48 p.m.
  • Expires: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 6:15 p.m.

  • ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN
    OGLETHORPE...OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
    AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
    STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BISHOP...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
    LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
    LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS OGLETHORPE...OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTIES...
    INCLUDING AREAS AROUND EASTVILLE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BISHOP...
    FARMINGTON...BEECHWOOD HILLS...WATKINSVILLE...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN
    OF GEORGIA...ROSE HILL...DUNLAP...MAXEYS...ARNOLDSVILLE...
    WINTERVILLE...WHITEHALL AND BARNETT SHOALS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA
    SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT
    BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
    &&