Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
Issued by NWS Greer, SC
264 WWUS52 KGSP 241818 SVSGSP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 218 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 NCC021-111-115-121-199-241900- /O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0268.000000T0000Z-240924T1900Z/ McDowell NC-Madison NC-Mitchell NC-Buncombe NC-Yancey NC- 218 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL...EAST CENTRAL MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...NORTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE AND CENTRAL YANCEY COUNTIES... At 218 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of Burnsville, or 7 miles northwest of Mount Mitchell State Park, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Mount Mitchell State Park, Bandana, Micaville, Barnardsville, Celo, Little Switzerland, Busick, and Swiss. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3581 8199 3571 8250 3576 8253 3589 8253 3600 8210 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 251DEG 30KT 3582 8238 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TW