803  
WWUS82 KGSP 201139  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
639 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062-201245-  
BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-YANCEY NC-GRAHAM NC-SWAIN NC-AVERY NC-  
MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-  
639 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
...GUSTY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT  
MACON...NORTHERN JACKSON...MADISON...  
SWAIN...MITCHELL...NORTHWESTERN AVERY...CENTRAL GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...  
NORTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE AND YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EST...  
 
AT 637 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON CITY TO 8 MILES WEST OF  
MURPHY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITH THIS THIS  
LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FRANKLIN, SYLVA, WAYNESVILLE, BURNSVILLE, BRYSON CITY, MARSHALL,  
ROBBINSVILLE, NEWLAND, CHEROKEE, AND WOODFIN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3628 8190 3621 8191 3616 8183 3525 8312  
3523 8322 3499 8347 3515 8365 3515 8374  
3526 8371 3523 8400 3557 8355 3576 8316  
3578 8299 3594 8290 3593 8281 3606 8264  
3595 8256 3616 8222 3610 8208  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 265DEG 44KT 3630 8252 3510 8418  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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