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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ035-056-502-082115-
GREATER CALDWELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-
452 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER AND SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 515
PM EDT...
AT 452 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR, OR NEAR GRANITE FALLS, MOVING EAST AT 30
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...
GRANITE FALLS, NORTHLAKES, LITTLE RIVER, BETHLEHEM, HUDSON,
RHODHISS, ELLENDALE, SAWMILLS, LAKE HICKORY, AND CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WESTERN AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3596 8123 3579 8118 3577 8143 3577 8144
3579 8145 3578 8149 3578 8155 3580 8158
3586 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 255DEG 26KT 3583 8144
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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