720
WFUS52 KGSP 282217
TORGSP
NCC003-035-097-109-282300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0008.260728T2217Z-260728T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 617 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HICKORY, OR NEAR ST. STEPHENS, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ST. STEPHENS, CONOVER, AND CLAREMONT AROUND 620 PM EDT.
CATAWBA AROUND 630 PM EDT.
LAKE NORMAN AROUND 650 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MILLERSVILLE, SHERRILLS FORD, STARTOWN, TERRELL, AND OXFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3574 8075 3571 8076 3547 8110 3575 8138
3577 8136 3577 8135 3578 8136 3579 8135
3580 8133 3581 8134 3589 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 307DEG 26KT 3577 8123
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
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