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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 735 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF BOOMER TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
MORGANTON, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LENOIR, TAYLORSVILLE, ST. STEPHENS, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS,
GAMEWELL, BETHLEHEM, HUDSON, CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN, AND STONY POINT.
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 3600 8133 3603 8127 3604 8119 3603 8117
3604 8113 3603 8107 3604 8105 3603 8102
3599 8100 3596 8100 3586 8104 3580 8108
3578 8111 3574 8107 3572 8107 3578 8154
3584 8174 3608 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 291DEG 23KT 3603 8142 3583 8171
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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