620  
WWUS82 KGSP 201418  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
918 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NCZ036-056-057-068>072-201500-  
ROWAN NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-CABARRUS NC-  
MECKLENBURG NC-CATAWBA NC-  
918 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS  
SOUTHEASTERN  
CATAWBA...LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL...NORTHERN  
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...GASTON...AND SOUTHWEST ROWAN AND  
COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM EST...  
 
AT 918 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF NEWTON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...  
GASTONIA, HUNTERSVILLE, KANNAPOLIS, SHELBY, LINCOLNTON, CORNELIUS,  
MOORESVILLE, KINGS MOUNTAIN, MT HOLLY, AND DAVIDSON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3557 8045 3516 8123 3516 8136 3532 8170  
3571 8102  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 287DEG 32KT 3565 8109 3533 8166  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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