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WWUS82 KGSP 130341
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
NCZ056-502-504-130415-
GREATER BURKE NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-
1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CATAWBA
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM
EDT...
AT 1140 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF HICKORY, OR NEAR CONNELLY SPRINGS, MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKORY, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, VALDESE, ICARD,
HILDEBRAN, CONNELLY SPRINGS, RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, AND RHODHISS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3565 8157 3577 8159 3589 8138 3564 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 254DEG 11KT 3572 8150
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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