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WWUS82 KGSP 220447
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
NCZ052-053-064-065-220515-
BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-
1247 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1247 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF BREVARD, OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ETOWAH, MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, BREVARD, EAST ASHEVILLE, WEST ASHEVILLE, MILLS
RIVER, CANTON, ETOWAH, BILTMORE FOREST, BENT CREEK, AND B.R.
PARKWAY-MOUNT PISGAH TO THE NC ARBORETUM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3532 8254 3523 8275 3547 8295 3560 8277
3562 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 160DEG 12KT 3536 8267
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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