713  
WUUS52 KGSP 161131  
SVRGSP  
NCC011-023-027-111-121-161230-  
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0015.260316T1131Z-260316T1230Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
731 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 830 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 731 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF ERWIN TO 14 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN  
ASHEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LENOIR, MORGANTON, MARION, SPRUCE PINE, NEWLAND, SAWMILLS, GRANITE  
FALLS, VALDESE, GAMEWELL, AND HUDSON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL, OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, OR BY  
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR POST IT TO X USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.  
YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION  
WHERE IT OCCURRED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3623 8191 3611 8181 3612 8155 3602 8134  
3600 8133 3580 8133 3557 8154 3561 8176  
3554 8185 3552 8216 3559 8229 3570 8229  
3582 8213 3601 8220 3604 8230 3603 8232  
3613 8230 3610 8208  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 259DEG 49KT 3611 8224 3557 8229  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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