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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
956 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 956 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGANTON,
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANTON, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, VALDESE, HUDSON, ICARD, CAJAH'S
MOUNTAIN, DREXEL, HILDEBRAN, AND CONNELLY SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3582 8134 3580 8133 3579 8135 3578 8136
3577 8135 3576 8137 3570 8141 3566 8145
3571 8180 3583 8180 3587 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 268DEG 20KT 3576 8171
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JDL
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