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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ053-082045-
BUNCOMBE NC-
410 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM EDT...
AT 410 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, OR NEAR WOODFIN, MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY 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...
ASHEVILLE, BILTMORE FOREST, LEICESTER, WOODFIN, AND WARREN WILSON
COLLEGE.
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 3561 8273 3570 8267 3566 8240 3550 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 288DEG 19KT 3563 8262
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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