041  
WUUS52 KGSP 161142  
SVRGSP  
NCC045-149-161-161245-  
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0016.260316T1142Z-260316T1245Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
742 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 742 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE TO 10 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SHELBY, FOREST CITY, RUTHERFORDTON, COLUMBUS, SPINDALE, BOILING  
SPRINGS NC, TRYON, BELWOOD, LAKE LURE, AND LAWNDALE.  
 
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 3561 8172 3557 8167 3556 8152 3537 8142  
3517 8149 3519 8235 3529 8235 3539 8226  
3544 8228 3550 8222 3552 8223 3552 8214  
3555 8200 3552 8197 3554 8185 3558 8182  
3561 8176  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 261DEG 38KT 3551 8226 3519 8238  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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