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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
357 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ053-065-507-082030-
BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-
357 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN RUTHERFORD
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 430
PM EDT...
AT 357 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE, OR 4 MILES WEST OF BAT CAVE,
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
GERTON, CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK, BAT CAVE, CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, LAKE
LURE, AND EDNEYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3541 8244 3548 8245 3553 8223 3541 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 263DEG 15KT 3545 8235
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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