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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026
NCZ501>506-061800-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-
GREATER BURKE NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
135 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL
SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 135 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF LENOIR TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MORGANTON TO 7 MILES NORTH OF MARION. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15
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...
LENOIR, MORGANTON, MARION, GAMEWELL, CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN, DREXEL, GLEN
ALPINE, LAKE JAMES STATE PARK, TABLE ROCK, AND LAKE JAMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3593 8148 3566 8160 3560 8196 3581 8215
3585 8192 3597 8183 3596 8181 3600 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 312DEG 14KT 3591 8177 3579 8181 3579 8202
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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