166  
WWUS82 KGSP 201456  
SPSGSP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
956 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NCZ070>072-082-201530-  
GASTON NC-UNION NC-CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-  
956 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG  
EAST CENTRAL  
GASTON AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM EST...  
 
AT 956 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUNTERSVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF UPTOWN  
CHARLOTTE TO 5 MILES EAST OF GASTONIA. 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...  
CHARLOTTE, HUNTERSVILLE, CONCORD, AND KANNAPOLIS.  
 
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 3521 8048 3519 8051 3518 8050 3518 8048  
3517 8046 3505 8076 3528 8112 3534 8098  
3548 8089 3539 8037  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 291DEG 35KT 3541 8086 3533 8094 3527 8108  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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