639  
WWUS82 KGSP 182008  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
308 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
NCZ051-059-182045-  
SWAIN NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-  
308 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND  
NORTHEASTERN SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EST...  
 
AT 308 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4  
MILES NORTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY, OR NEAR SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK,  
MOVING EAST AT 40 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, CHEROKEE, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK, B.R. PARKWAY-SMOKY  
MOUNTAINS TO BALSAM GAP, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-OCONALUFTEE, SMOKY  
MOUNTAINS-BALSAM MOUNTAIN, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-KUWOHI, SMOKY  
MOUNTAINS-NEWFOUND GAP, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA, AND WHITTIER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3555 8360 3557 8352 3556 8350 3558 8348  
3563 8322 3560 8318 3559 8318 3558 8317  
3555 8316 3551 8318 3551 8316 3549 8315  
3542 8317 3538 8356  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 259DEG 36KT 3548 8349  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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