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WWUS82 KGSP 070437
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1237 AM EDT MON SEP 7 2026
NCZ503-504-506-070530-
BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER BURKE NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
1237 AM EDT MON SEP 7 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT...
AT 1237 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF MORGANTON, OR NEAR LAKE JAMES STATE PARK, MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANTON, GLEN ALPINE, LAKE JAMES STATE PARK, LAKE JAMES, AND NEBO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3584 8189 3573 8171 3562 8182 3573 8200
3577 8194 3579 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 036DEG 7KT 3573 8186
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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