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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 645 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRUCE PINE TO NEAR BURNSVILLE
TO 8 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WAYNESVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, LENOIR, MORGANTON, MARION, SPRUCE PINE,
BURNSVILLE, NEWLAND, EAST ASHEVILLE, ARDEN, AND WEST ASHEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3615 8214 3611 8213 3610 8208 3614 8202
3613 8182 3611 8181 3612 8155 3606 8140
3578 8155 3560 8179 3544 8259 3546 8267
3543 8274 3561 8303 3571 8258 3581 8241
3588 8234 3615 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 279DEG 27KT 3608 8218 3588 8228 3571 8252 3562
8289
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ARK
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