169  
WWUS82 KGSP 201305 CCA  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
805 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NCZ035-036-056-065-068-501-502-504>510-201345-  
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-IREDELL NC-CLEVELAND NC-GREATER BURKE NC-  
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-EASTERN POLK NC-  
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-HENDERSON NC-  
GREATER CALDWELL NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-  
805 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CATAWBA  
SOUTHEASTERN  
MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...EAST CENTRAL HENDERSON...POLK...ALEXANDER...  
NORTHWESTERN IREDELL...CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND BURKE  
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EST...  
 
AT 759 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILBAR TO NEAR HENDERSONVILLE.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HICKORY, LENOIR, MORGANTON, LAKE LURE, FOREST CITY, MARION,  
TAYLORSVILLE, AND ST. STEPHENS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3600 8133 3604 8120 3605 8081 3557 8146  
3557 8153 3553 8151 3520 8194 3527 8255  
3548 8229 3546 8225 3552 8223 3553 8217  
3554 8220 3610 8149  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 275DEG 33KT 3618 8130 3532 8242  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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