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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ053-065-507-509-082215-
BUNCOMBE NC-HENDERSON NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN RUTHERFORD
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 615
PM EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF HENDERSONVILLE, OR 5 MILES EAST OF FLETCHER, 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...
GERTON, CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK, EDNEYVILLE, BAT CAVE, CHIMNEY ROCK
VILLAGE, LAKE LURE, FLETCHER, AND FAIRVIEW IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3541 8249 3550 8248 3553 8219 3536 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 272DEG 17KT 3544 8241
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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