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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ068-508-SCZ008-108-090000-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-CLEVELAND NC-CHEROKEE SC-
NORTHERN SPARTANBURG SC-
736 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD
SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 736 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTH OF FOREST CITY, OR NEAR CHESNEE, MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
CLIFFSIDE, COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, CHESNEE, HENRIETTA,
CAROLEEN, AND HARRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WESTERN AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3516 8167 3512 8192 3519 8197 3530 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 239DEG 16KT 3518 8187
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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