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WWUS82 KGSP 211023
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ035-056-502-504-211100-
GREATER BURKE NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-
623 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CATAWBA
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EDT...
AT 623 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF MORGANTON, OR NEAR RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, 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...
HICKORY, LENOIR, ST. STEPHENS, LONGVIEW, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS,
VALDESE, BETHLEHEM, HUDSON, AND ICARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3565 8152 3577 8165 3598 8143 3580 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 230DEG 12KT 3576 8152
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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