Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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WWUS52 KGSP 081856
SVSGSP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
256 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024
NCC023-035-045-071-109-161-081945-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-240508T1945Z/
Catawba NC-Rutherford NC-Lincoln NC-Cleveland NC-Gaston NC-Burke NC-
256 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA...NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...WESTERN
LINCOLN...CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN GASTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE
COUNTIES...
At 256 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles west of Hickory to 10 miles north of Shelby to
6 miles southwest of Forest City, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Shelby, Lincolnton, Forest City, Rutherfordton, Cherryville,
Spindale, Maiden, Belwood, Lawndale, and Patterson Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3536 8121 3520 8145 3538 8211 3538 8186
3554 8185 3558 8182 3559 8178 3561 8176
3568 8177 3559 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 283DEG 31KT 3572 8150 3544 8160 3525 8192
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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