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WWUS82 KGSP 090056
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ058-090145-
GRAHAM NC-
856 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM
EDT...
AT 856 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES WEST OF ROBBINSVILLE, OR 13 MILES WEST OF SANTEETLAH, MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
FONTANA VILLAGE, TAPOCO, LAKE SANTEETLAH, TOWN OF SANTEETLAH, AND
ROBBINSVILLE.
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 3537 8401 3541 8402 3545 8398 3544 8376
3525 8381 3525 8385 3522 8395 3523 8400
3527 8401 3529 8403 3531 8402 3531 8404
3533 8403 3535 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 279DEG 19KT 3536 8410
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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