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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
NCZ053-042130-
BUNCOMBE NC-
452 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM EDT...
AT 452 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, OR NEAR WARREN WILSON COLLEGE,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, EAST ASHEVILLE, WEST ASHEVILLE, NORTH ASHEVILLE,
SWANNANOA, BILTMORE FOREST, B.R. PARKWAY-NC ARBORETUM TO EAST
ASHEVILLE, B.R. PARKWAY-EAST ASHEVILLE TO CRAGGY GARDENS, SKYLAND,
AND UNC-ASHEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3546 8253 3554 8262 3573 8249 3563 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 217DEG 5KT 3559 8247
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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