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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ071-212030-
MECKLENBURG NC-
338 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 337 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, OR NEAR SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE,
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, CENTRAL CHARLOTTE, SOUTH CHARLOTTE, SOUTHWEST
CHARLOTTE, EAST CHARLOTTE, MATTHEWS, MINT HILL, PINEVILLE, FREEDOM
PARK, AND REEDY CREEK PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3508 8071 3507 8090 3511 8093 3508 8098
3524 8101 3530 8068 3526 8066 3522 8057
3521 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 260DEG 19KT 3517 8091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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