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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
900 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ035>037-056-057-211345-
ROWAN NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-
900 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN CATAWBA...DAVIE
EASTERN
ALEXANDER...IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM
EDT...
AT 900 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF BOOMER TO 8 MILES EAST OF
NEWTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, TAYLORSVILLE, TROUTMAN, BERMUDA RUN, STONY
POINT, COOLEEMEE, CLEVELAND, CATAWBA, AND HARMONY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3589 8037 3588 8042 3586 8039 3584 8039
3585 8042 3583 8043 3583 8046 3584 8048
3577 8046 3555 8110 3556 8110 3603 8118
3603 8107 3606 8098 3604 8049 3606 8046
3601 8042 3599 8042 3596 8038 3590 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 243DEG 29KT 3604 8113 3564 8107
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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