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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
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MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-CLEVELAND NC-BURKE NC-
455 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
MARION, OR NEAR LAKE JAMES STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
NEBO, LAKE JAMES STATE PARK, MORGANTON, LAKE RHODHISS, PLEASANT
GARDENS, GLENWOOD, RHODHISS, ICARD, VALDESE, AND GLEN ALPINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE JAMES, 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.
LAT...LON 3578 8155 3579 8145 3577 8143 3562 8149
3561 8151 3557 8153 3556 8153 3555 8151
3544 8155 3563 8209 3573 8207 3579 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 259DEG 21KT 3570 8189
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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