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Airport Weather Warning
Issued: 1:19 PM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING FOR CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AIRPORT... The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued an Airport Weather Warning for... Charlotte Douglas International Airport /CLT/ * Until 1000 AM EDT. For the following weather hazards: * Cloud to ground lightning within 5 miles of the airport. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 1:04 PM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Eastern Lincoln County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Mecklenburg County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Gaston County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 1000 AM EDT. * At 904 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Lincolnton to 19 miles west of Huntersville to 6 miles southwest of Gastonia, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Gastonia, Uptown Charlotte, Huntersville, Downtown Concord, Central Charlotte, Northeast Charlotte, Southwest Charlotte, East Charlotte, Northwest Charlotte, and West Concord. 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 post it to X using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 12:43 PM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 64 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BURKE CALDWELL IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENWOOD LAURENS SPARTANBURG UNION SC YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLINTON, CONCORD, CORNWELL, CROUSE, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FORK CHURCH, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAURENS, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, MATTHEWS, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, ROCK HILL, SALISBURY, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SPARTANBURG, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, UNION, VALDESE, WARE SHOALS, AND WEDDINGTON.
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