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WWUS82 KGSP 180315
SPSGSP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

NCZ068-070-SCZ008-009-180400-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-YORK-
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN
YORK...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND AND WESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BLACKSBURG...
  EARL...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  KINGS MOUNTAIN...
  CLOVER...
  GASTONIA...

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM IF NECESSARY. HEAVY RAINS 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 AND RIVERS
MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD
WATERS.

LAT...LON 3491 8166 3529 8173 3541 8116 3501 8106

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JPT