Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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428 WWUS52 KGSP 081728 SVSGSP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 128 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 NCC021-199-081800- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-240508T1800Z/ Buncombe NC-Yancey NC- 128 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES... At 128 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of Burnsville, or near Mount Mitchell State Park, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tennis 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... Mount Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Barnardsville, Celo, Busick, and B.R. Parkway-East Asheville To Craggy Gardens. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3587 8215 3582 8213 3573 8219 3570 8229 3567 8228 3570 8244 3580 8248 3581 8241 3585 8242 TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 273DEG 30KT 3578 8233 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ TW