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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
NCZ504-506-508-042045-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-GREATER BURKE NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
416 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTH OF MORGANTON, OR NEAR SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 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...
MORGANTON, VALDESE, DREXEL, CONNELLY SPRINGS, RUTHERFORD COLLEGE,
GLEN ALPINE, SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, PLEASANT GROVE, AND
DYSARTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3575 8148 3556 8163 3557 8167 3558 8169
3549 8170 3546 8172 3564 8195 3580 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 143DEG 11KT 3558 8169
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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