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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

$$

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