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WWUS82 KGSP 220520
SPSGSP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
120 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
NCZ052-053-059-064-065-220600-
BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
120 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON...EAST CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD
AND SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...
AT 120 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF BREVARD, OR NEAR LOOKING GLASS, MOVING NORTH AT 5
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
BREVARD, GRAVEYARD FIELDS, B.R. PARKWAY-MOUNT PISGAH TO THE NC
ARBORETUM, LOOKING GLASS, B.R. PARKWAY-BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH,
MOUNT PISGAH, B.R. PARKWAY-BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA, BLACK
BALSAM AREA, BENT CREEK, AND ETOWAH.
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 3551 8262 3529 8260 3520 8290 3523 8293
3526 8292 3529 8292 3528 8297 3537 8306
3548 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 160DEG 6KT 3531 8277
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JPT
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