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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
104 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Buncombe County in western North Carolina...
  Yancey County in western North Carolina...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 104 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 3 miles south of Erwin to 6 miles east of Marshall
  to 14 miles northeast of Waynesville, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf 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...
  Burnsville, North Asheville, Woodfin, Weaverville, Leicester, Mount
  Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-East Asheville To Craggy Gardens,
  B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Montreat, and
  Ramseytown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National
Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by
posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using hashtag nwsgsp. Your
message should describe the event and the specific location where it
occurred.

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LAT...LON 3603 8234 3604 8230 3599 8225 3601 8220
      3582 8213 3573 8219 3570 8229 3562 8227
      3564 8287 3567 8288 3573 8267 3580 8252
      3581 8241 3587 8243 3591 8249 3598 8250
      3608 8240 3608 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 270DEG 36KT 3609 8240 3580 8256 3566 8285 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TW