487  
WWUS52 KGSP 291353  
SVSGSP  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
853 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
NCC023-027-035-045-071-109-111-161-SCC021-291445-  
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-241229T1445Z/  
CATAWBA NC-MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-LINCOLN NC-CALDWELL NC-  
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-BURKE NC-CHEROKEE SC-  
853 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST  
FOR WESTERN CATAWBA...EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN  
RUTHERFORD...LINCOLN...SOUTHERN CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...GASTON...BURKE  
AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 853 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORGANTON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST  
OF HICKORY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBY TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF  
GAFFNEY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GASTONIA, HICKORY, SHELBY, LENOIR, MORGANTON, NEWTON, LINCOLNTON,  
KINGS MOUNTAIN, ST. STEPHENS, AND CONOVER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR WESTERN AND  
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3582 8134 3580 8133 3580 8131 3572 8118  
3557 8112 3515 8109 3517 8136 3501 8157  
3532 8164 3560 8178 3577 8205 3601 8166  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1353Z 223DEG 48KT 3584 8180 3561 8156 3535 8150 3513  
8150  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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