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WWUS82 KGSP 012328
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
NCZ068-504-506-508-020000-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-CLEVELAND NC-GREATER BURKE NC-
EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN
BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 727 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION, OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE JAMES STATE PARK,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANTON, GLEN ALPINE, CASAR, SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, PLEASANT
GROVE, GLENWOOD, FERO, OAK HILL, DYSARTSVILLE, AND THERMAL CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3557 8153 3556 8153 3556 8152 3554 8151
3553 8151 3543 8192 3561 8202 3583 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 239DEG 18KT 3559 8188
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JRK
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