952  
WWUS52 KGSP 291406  
SVSGSP  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
906 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
NCC111-161-SCC021-291416-  
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-241229T1445Z/  
MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-CHEROKEE SC-  
906 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL...  
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES IS  
CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED  
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR WESTERN AND  
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3582 8134 3580 8133 3580 8131 3572 8118  
3557 8112 3515 8109 3517 8145 3532 8146  
3559 8153 3587 8177 3597 8159  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 234DEG 42KT 3583 8162 3560 8138 3534 8132 3512  
8132  
 
 
 
NCC023-027-035-045-071-109-291445-  
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-241229T1445Z/  
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-CALDWELL NC-CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-BURKE NC-  
906 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST  
FOR WESTERN CATAWBA...LINCOLN...SOUTHERN CALDWELL...EASTERN  
CLEVELAND...GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 906 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LENOIR TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF  
HICKORY TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
YORK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GASTONIA, HICKORY, LENOIR, NEWTON, LINCOLNTON, KINGS MOUNTAIN, ST.  
STEPHENS, CONOVER, CHERRYVILLE, AND BESSEMER CITY.  
 
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 8145 3532 8146  
3559 8153 3587 8177 3597 8159  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 234DEG 42KT 3583 8162 3560 8138 3534 8132 3512  
8132  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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