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WWUS82 KGSP 182206
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024
NCZ056-068-502-504-506-508-182245-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-CLEVELAND NC-GREATER BURKE NC-
GREATER CALDWELL NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-
506 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CATAWBA
SOUTHEASTERN
MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...NORTH
CENTRAL CLEVELAND AND BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EST...
AT 506 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON, OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF GLEN ALPINE, MOVING
EAST AT 25 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...
HICKORY, MORGANTON, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, VALDESE,
ICARD, DREXEL, HILDEBRAN, AND CONNELLY SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3580 8133 3580 8128 3563 8136 3556 8144
3557 8153 3555 8151 3552 8151 3551 8150
3550 8151 3554 8190 3575 8181 3583 8163
3583 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 274DEG 23KT 3562 8180
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CP
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