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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
NCZ068-508>510-SCZ008-103-106-108-220115-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-CLEVELAND NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC-EASTERN POLK NC-
CHEROKEE SC-NORTHERN SPARTANBURG SC-CENTRAL GREENVILLE SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
847 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD
SOUTHERN POLK...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH
915 PM EDT...
AT 847 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOREST CITY TO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
SHELBY, FOREST CITY, COLUMBUS, RUTHERFORDTON, SPINDALE, BOILING
SPRINGS NC, LANDRUM, TRYON, CHESNEE, AND PATTERSON SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3525 8140 3511 8183 3503 8222 3520 8235
3523 8235 3523 8236 3524 8236 3528 8215
3543 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 304DEG 25KT 3536 8181 3525 8210 3521 8225
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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