Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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WWUS82 KGSP 211845
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
NCZ071-SCZ009-211930-
MECKLENBURG-YORK-
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF TEGA CAY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ROCK HILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CAROWINDS...PINEVILLE...TEGA CAY...ROCK HILL...LAKE WYLIE AND FORT
MILL.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3489 8104 3497 8124 3515 8105 3515 8102
3512 8084
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