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WWUS82 KGSP 070059
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
859 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
NCZ051-058-062-070130-
GRAHAM NC-SWAIN NC-MACON NC-
859 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MACON
SOUTHWESTERN SWAIN AND EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
AT 859 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBBINSVILLE, OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FONTANA
LAKE, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYSON CITY, ROBBINSVILLE, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA, FONTANA
LAKE, FONTANA VILLAGE, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-TWENTYMILE CREEK, SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-KUWOHI, WESSER, AND STECOAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3556 8346 3529 8340 3525 8379 3526 8379
3526 8380 3550 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 258DEG 13KT 3539 8368
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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