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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
953 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 953 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LINCOLNTON, OR 4 MILES EAST OF MAIDEN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTPORT, BOGER CITY, IRON STATION, LAKE NORMAN, DENVER, TERRELL,
BANDYS, LOWESVILLE, MAIDEN, AND SHERRILLS FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE NORMAN, 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.
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 3540 8104 3541 8115 3553 8126 3564 8108
3556 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 303DEG 7KT 3555 8112
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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