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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ052-090045-
HAYWOOD NC-
808 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY
THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
AT 808 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT, OR NEAR SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BIG CREEK, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BIG CREEK, WATERVILLE, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-CATALOOCHEE,
AND SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BALSAM 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 NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3579 8303 3577 8299 3564 8316 3567 8318
3568 8320 3572 8325 3573 8324 3572 8320
3573 8318 3576 8316 3577 8311 3579 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 298DEG 7KT 3575 8317
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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