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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 240 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ROBBINSVILLE, OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FONTANA LAKE, MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUADA, FONTANA LAKE, WESSER, STECOAH, ALMOND, BRYSON CITY, SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK, AND SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR FONTANA LAKE, GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL, OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, OR BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR
MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT
OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3549 8371 3545 8345 3530 8348 3530 8350
3529 8361 3538 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 290DEG 15KT 3542 8366
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CAC
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