878  
WUUS52 KGSP 161233  
SVRGSP  
NCC045-071-109-161330-  
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0020.260316T1233Z-260316T1330Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC  
833 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 832 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF MORGANTON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF  
GAFFNEY, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GASTONIA, SHELBY, LINCOLNTON, KINGS MOUNTAIN, CHERRYVILLE, BESSEMER  
CITY, SOUTH GASTONIA, BOILING SPRINGS NC, DALLAS, AND STANLEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN  
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT  
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY, IF ONE IS SPOTTED, ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A  
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL  
INTERIOR ROOM.  
 
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 3515 8107 3518 8177 3535 8170 3558 8169  
3556 8166 3557 8160 3556 8157 3557 8145  
3555 8104  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 269DEG 33KT 3556 8165 3520 8167  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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