Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
654 WWUS82 KGSP 182131 SPSGSP Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 531 PM EDT Sat May 18 2024 NCZ053-065-182200- Buncombe NC-Henderson NC- 531 PM EDT Sat May 18 2024 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HENDERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... At 531 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with frequent lightning 8 miles south of Downtown Asheville, or near Arden, moving south at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Hendersonville, Arden, Mills River, Fletcher, Etowah, Mountain Home, Laurel Park, Biltmore Forest, Bent Creek, and Asheville Airport. Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek higher ground if threatened by flood waters. && && LAT...LON 3556 8246 3535 8231 3526 8262 3528 8261 3529 8261 3529 8262 3530 8262 3531 8263 3550 8266 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 340DEG 8KT 3547 8253 $$ KRENTZ