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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ052-059-063-064-210645-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
217 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM
EDT...
AT 217 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA, OR 4 MILES EAST OF LAKE GLENVILLE, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
LAKE TOXAWAY, LAKE GLENVILLE, BLACK BALSAM AREA, B.R. PARKWAY-BLACK
BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH, B.R. PARKWAY-BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA,
GORGES STATE PARK, BALSAM GROVE, SAPPHIRE, AND WOLF MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3506 8304 3521 8318 3537 8296 3520 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 241DEG 14KT 3519 8306
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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