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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1004 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 1004 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HENDERSONVILLE, OR NEAR SALUDA, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HENDERSONVILLE, FLAT ROCK, TRYON, SALUDA, VALLEY HILL, DANA,
TUXEDO, LAKE ADGER, EAST FLAT ROCK, AND COLUMBUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ADGER, 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 3527 8251 3538 8241 3533 8214 3513 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 283DEG 12KT 3526 8238
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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