Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
521 WWUS52 KGSP 072134 SVSGSP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 534 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024 NCC003-027-072200- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-240507T2200Z/ Alexander NC-Caldwell NC- 534 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER AND NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES... At 534 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest of Boomer, or 4 miles southeast of Elkville, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Ellendale, Kings Creek, and Little River In Alexander County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3607 8141 3605 8139 3604 8140 3604 8137 3600 8133 3601 8129 3603 8127 3604 8120 3603 8117 3585 8130 3603 8146 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 298DEG 12KT 3601 8135 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ CAC