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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1052 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ508-510-090330-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-EASTERN POLK NC-
1052 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1052 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS, OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LAKE BOWEN, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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, HENRIETTA, GREEN CREEK, BOSTIC, HARRIS, FOREST CITY,
CAROLEEN, ELLENBORO, AND SPINDALE.
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...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3532 8172 3523 8176 3519 8198 3519 8213
3525 8215 3543 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 246DEG 35KT 3523 8204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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