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WWUS82 KGSP 152301
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025
NCZ070-071-SCZ009-152330-
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
701 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG
SOUTHEASTERN GASTON AND NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM
EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA, OR NEAR STEELE CREEK, MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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, CRAMERTON, LAKE WYLIE, BELMONT, AND SOUTHWEST
CHARLOTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR THE NORTHERN PART OF 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.
LAT...LON 3523 8102 3514 8096 3508 8113 3520 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 063DEG 7KT 3517 8105
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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