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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ057-082315-
ROWAN NC-
646 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY
THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 645 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALISBURY, OR NEAR CHINA GROVE, MOVING EAST AT 25
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...
SALISBURY, CHINA GROVE, FAITH, GRANITE QUARRY, MOUNT ULLA, LANDIS,
SPENCER, AND PIEDMONT RESEARCH STATION.
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
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3554 8070 3565 8074 3572 8045 3558 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 251DEG 21KT 3562 8061
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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