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WWUS82 KGSP 182233
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
633 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
NCZ053-182315-
BUNCOMBE NC-
633 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM
EDT...
AT 633 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, OR NEAR WEST ASHEVILLE, MOVING
EAST AT 20 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...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, EAST ASHEVILLE, WEST ASHEVILLE, NORTH ASHEVILLE,
BLACK MOUNTAIN, WOODFIN, SWANNANOA, WEAVERVILLE, FAIRVIEW IN BUNCOMBE
COUNTY, AND BILTMORE FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3578 8235 3549 8230 3550 8233 3549 8235
3549 8236 3548 8237 3547 8237 3549 8269
3561 8279 3570 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 262DEG 19KT 3558 8261
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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