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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 5:41 PM Sep. 5, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... At 140 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles east of Brevard to 15 miles northwest of Pickens. Movement was south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Brevard, Rosman, Lake Toxaway, Jocassee Gorges, Table Rock State Park, Caesars Head State Park, Pleasant Ridge State Park, Jones Gap State Park, Dupont State Forest, and Gorges State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for western North Carolina...and Upstate South Carolina. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 5:25 PM Sep. 5, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 656 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 26 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS OCONEE PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION SC YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ADVANCE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ANDERSON, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BANNER ELK, BEREA, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BLACKSTOCK, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CALHOUN FALLS, CANDLER, CANTON, CATAWBA, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNWELL, COVE CREEK, CROUSE, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DACUSVILLE, DANA, DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HOT SPRINGS, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAURENS, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MICAVILLE, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, MOUNTAIN REST, NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, OAKWAY, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAMSEYTOWN, ROCK HILL, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SENECA, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORS, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, UNION, VALDESE, WALHALLA, WALNUT, WARE SHOALS, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WEDDINGTON, WESSER, AND WESTMINSTER.
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