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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
540 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025
NCZ060-061-042230-
CLAY NC-CHEROKEE NC-
540 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND CLAY
COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 540 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NANTAHALA LAKE, OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HAYESVILLE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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 VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDREWS, MURPHY, HAYESVILLE, NANTAHALA LAKE, SHOOTING CREEK,
TUSQUITEE, HIAWASSE DAM, MARBLE, BRASSTOWN, AND UNAKA.
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 3523 8424 3523 8398 3522 8397 3522 8371
3520 8373 3519 8371 3517 8373 3515 8373
3516 8365 3515 8364 3514 8366 3514 8364
3512 8364 3513 8362 3511 8362 3507 8357
3498 8368 3499 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 052DEG 6KT 3511 8371
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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