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WWUS82 KGSP 090308
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1108 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
NCZ064-065-090345-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HENDERSON NC-
1108 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA AND
CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1108 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES EAST OF BREVARD, OR NEAR DUPONT STATE FOREST, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 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...
LITTLE RIVER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, HORSE SHOE, PENROSE, ETOWAH,
BREVARD, LAUREL PARK, VALLEY HILL, AND FORGE MOUNTAIN.
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 3519 8268 3524 8273 3539 8254 3528 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 233DEG 17KT 3525 8266
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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