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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
722 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...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 722 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRYSON CITY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HIAWASSEE, 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, HIGHLANDS, ELLIJAY, BURNINGTOWN, OTTO, RAINBOW SPRINGS,
WAYAH BALD, COWEE, SCALY MOUNTAIN, AND CULLASAJA.
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 3529 8356 3530 8346 3532 8345 3533 8334
3523 8329 3524 8322 3516 8322 3508 8314
3508 8316 3506 8317 3504 8313 3502 8313
3500 8311 3500 8352 3502 8352 3504 8356
3507 8357 3515 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 268DEG 31KT 3531 8342 3501 8364
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ARK
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