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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
637 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 636 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBBINSVILLE TO 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MURPHY, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN, SYLVA, BRYSON CITY, ROBBINSVILLE, CHEROKEE, CULLOWHEE,
MAGGIE VALLEY, WEBSTER, DILLSBORO, AND TOWN OF SANTEETLAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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 3534 8404 3544 8399 3547 8392 3552 8388
3553 8382 3556 8377 3553 8305 3500 8329
3500 8352 3515 8365 3515 8374 3519 8371
3520 8373 3523 8369 3526 8371 3524 8376
3525 8385 3522 8396 3523 8400 3529 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 279DEG 30KT 3551 8391 3505 8412
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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