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WWUS82 KGSP 012145
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
NCZ033-050-012215-
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-
545 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND WEST
CENTRAL AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES EAST OF ERWIN, OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSVILLE, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
BAKERSVILLE, BULADEAN, MINNEAPOLIS, AND BANDANA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3606 8192 3598 8219 3600 8220 3600 8219
3602 8220 3601 8225 3612 8230 3613 8228
3613 8225 3616 8222 3616 8220 3614 8218
3615 8215 3611 8213 3610 8208 3613 8205
3612 8203 3616 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 244DEG 13KT 3608 8220
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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