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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 657 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF
FRANKLIN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVA, WAYNESVILLE, CULLOWHEE, LAKE JUNALUSKA, CLYDE, MAGGIE
VALLEY, BALSAM, WEBSTER, DILLSBORO, AND GRAVEYARD FIELDS.
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 3563 8306 3547 8280 3544 8278 3542 8274
3535 8267 3513 8308 3512 8317 3516 8322
3524 8322 3523 8328 3533 8334 3533 8340
3532 8341 3533 8343 3530 8346 3530 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 305DEG 24KT 3555 8305 3531 8336
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ARK
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