298  
WUUS52 KGSP 161220  
SVRGSP  
NCC003-023-027-035-161315-  
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0018.260316T1220Z-260316T1315Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
820 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 915 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 819 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLOWING ROCK TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  
MORGANTON, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HICKORY, LENOIR, MORGANTON, NEWTON, TAYLORSVILLE, ST. STEPHENS,  
CONOVER, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, AND GRANITE FALLS.  
 
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 3612 8155 3607 8141 3600 8133 3603 8127  
3603 8107 3604 8103 3596 8100 3586 8104  
3578 8111 3571 8106 3571 8102 3555 8105  
3556 8166 3561 8175 3558 8182 3564 8185  
3602 8177 3607 8174 3608 8176 3612 8175  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 271DEG 27KT 3610 8168 3558 8178  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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