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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC

440 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Transylvania County in western North Carolina...

  Southwestern Henderson County in western North Carolina...

  Southern Jackson County in western North Carolina...

  Southeastern Haywood County in western North Carolina...



* Until 515 AM EDT.



* At 440 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of

  Sylva, or 4 miles south of Balsam, moving east at 40 mph.



  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.



  SOURCE...Radar indicated.



  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind 

           damage to trees and power lines.



* Locations impacted include...

  Lake Toxaway, Graveyard Fields, Tuckasegee, Cruso, Penrose, Wolf

  Mountain, Crab Creek, Etowah, Looking Glass, and B.R. Parkway-Black

  Balsam To Mount Pisgah.



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 3543 8294 3543 8276 3542 8274 3543 8274

      3543 8265 3520 8242 3506 8296 3519 8323

      3521 8322 3524 8322 3524 8324 3523 8325

      3523 8328 3524 8329

TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 279DEG 35KT 3536 8311 



TORNADO...POSSIBLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



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