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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
646 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
NCZ001-002-019-262315-
ASHE NC-WILKES NC-ALLEGHANY NC-
646 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY
CENTRAL
WILKES AND SOUTHEASTERN ASHE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 646 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MAPLE SPRINGS, OR NEAR WILBAR, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAUREL SPRINGS...
TRAPHILL...
WILBAR...
MC GRADY...
DARBY...
MULBERRY...
AND WILKESBORO RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3604 8138 3604 8140 3605 8139 3607 8141
3608 8143 3607 8144 3609 8146 3609 8147
3610 8148 3610 8151 3612 8154 3614 8150
3619 8146 3621 8146 3645 8126 3636 8102
3603 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 217DEG 31KT 3620 8134
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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