379  
WFUS52 KGSP 161340  
TORGSP  
NCC025-119-161415-  
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0003.260316T1340Z-260316T1415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
940 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 940 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED NEAR UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, OR OVER THE PLAZA, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
CHARLOTTE, HARRISBURG, AND REEDY CREEK PARK AROUND 950 AM EDT.  
MT PLEASANT AROUND 1010 AM EDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL, OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, OR BY  
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR POST IT TO X USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.  
YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION  
WHERE IT OCCURRED.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3518 8087 3529 8091 3543 8055 3528 8044  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 246DEG 36KT 3523 8081  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
CAC  
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