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WWUS82 KGSP 132314
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
714 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
NCZ052-053-059-063>065-140000-
BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
714 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD
AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 714 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
WAYNESVILLE, CANTON, LAKE JUNALUSKA, CLYDE, GRAVEYARD FIELDS, B.R.
PARKWAY-MOUNT PISGAH TO THE NC ARBORETUM, LOOKING GLASS, B.R.
PARKWAY-BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH, MOUNT PISGAH, AND B.R.
PARKWAY-BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3550 8308 3556 8295 3556 8283 3543 8261
3528 8275 3523 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 308DEG 15KT 3546 8293
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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