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WWUS82 KGSP 090016
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
816 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ070-071-SCZ009-090045-
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
816 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MECKLENBURG
SOUTHEASTERN GASTON AND NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...
AT 815 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF YORK, OR NEAR CLOVER, 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...
STEELE CREEK, CROWDERS, SOUTH GASTONIA, LOWELL, CLOVER, LAKE WYLIE,
CRAMERTON, BETHANY, MCADENVILLE, AND GASTONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE WYLIE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3503 8128 3514 8134 3530 8108 3508 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 242DEG 17KT 3510 8121
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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