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WWUS82 KGSP 210333
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1133 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
NCZ070-071-210415-
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
1133 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND
EASTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1133 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA, OR NEAR CRAMERTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GASTONIA, CENTRAL CHARLOTTE, MT HOLLY, BELMONT, CRAMERTON, LOWELL,
MCADENVILLE, CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AIRPORT, RANLO, AND PAW CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE WYLIE GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 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.
LAT...LON 3514 8105 3515 8104 3515 8111 3523 8118
3538 8105 3520 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 230DEG 11KT 3522 8109
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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