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WWUS82 KGSP 211133
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
733 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ033-049-050-056-068-069-501>508-510-211215-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-GREATER BURKE NC-
EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-AVERY NC-EASTERN POLK NC-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-YANCEY NC-
BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-MITCHELL NC-CATAWBA NC-
733 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA
MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...NORTHEASTERN POLK...MITCHELL...WESTERN
LINCOLN...CALDWELL...AVERY...CLEVELAND AND BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 815
AM EDT...
AT 733 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF NEWLAND TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FOREST CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 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...
SHELBY, LENOIR, MORGANTON, FOREST CITY, MARION, RUTHERFORDTON, SPRUCE
PINE, NEWLAND, LONGVIEW, AND SAWMILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3627 8189 3621 8191 3616 8183 3611 8181
3612 8155 3607 8141 3604 8140 3601 8134
3585 8134 3542 8144 3542 8146 3540 8144
3517 8150 3528 8214 3614 8218 3615 8215
3611 8213 3610 8208 3612 8203 3627 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 269DEG 48KT 3607 8198 3517 8198
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CP
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