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WWUS82 KGSP 210343
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1143 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
NCZ036-056-069>071-210415-
GASTON NC-IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-CATAWBA NC-
1143 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA
EASTERN
LINCOLN...SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND
NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1142 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF HUNTERSVILLE, OR NEAR WESTPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTERSVILLE, CORNELIUS, DAVIDSON, STANLEY, WESTPORT, LAKE NORMAN,
DENVER, RAMSEY CREEK PARK, IRON STATION, AND LAKE NORMAN STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE NORMAN OR MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE 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 3537 8114 3554 8117 3567 8092 3541 8079
3530 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 245DEG 17KT 3546 8103
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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