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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
811 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 809 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF TAYLORSVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FOREST CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKORY, STATESVILLE, NEWTON, LINCOLNTON, ST. STEPHENS, CONOVER,
CHERRYVILLE, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, AND GRANITE FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE HICKORY OR LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE, GET AWAY FROM THE
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
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 3580 8073 3567 8077 3528 8124 3549 8186
3595 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 294DEG 28KT 3589 8132 3548 8179
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ARK
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