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WWUS82 KGSP 211213
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
813 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ033-035-036-056-501-502-504-211300-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-IREDELL NC-GREATER BURKE NC-
GREATER CALDWELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-AVERY NC-CATAWBA NC-
813 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CATAWBA...ALEXANDER...IREDELL
CALDWELL...EAST CENTRAL AVERY AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH
900 AM EDT...
AT 813 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY, OR NEAR HILDEBRAN, MOVING 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...
HICKORY, STATESVILLE, LENOIR, MORGANTON, NEWTON, TAYLORSVILLE, ST.
STEPHENS, CONOVER, LONGVIEW, AND SAWMILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3611 8181 3612 8155 3609 8145 3600 8133
3603 8127 3603 8107 3606 8098 3605 8070
3578 8073 3568 8077 3560 8076 3556 8165
3588 8175 3590 8173 3593 8177 3615 8185
3615 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 269DEG 49KT 3571 8140
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CP
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