109
WWUS82 KGSP 211818
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ069-070-SCZ009-211845-
GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-YORK SC-
218 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN LINCOLN
GASTON AND
NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 218 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF YORK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 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...
GASTONIA, LINCOLNTON, BESSEMER CITY, SOUTH GASTONIA, DALLAS, STANLEY,
LOWELL, RANLO, HIGH SHOALS, AND BOGER CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3515 8112 3511 8135 3516 8134 3516 8133
3525 8132 3546 8128 3555 8112 3555 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 248DEG 26KT 3538 8129 3512 8137
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PM
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page