Expires:202506150000;Remove:202506150000;251363 WWUS82 KGSP 142328 SPSGSP Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 728 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 NCZ035-036-056-501>505-150000- McDowell Mountains NC-Caldwell Mountains NC-Iredell NC- Burke Mountains NC-Greater Burke NC-Greater Caldwell NC-Alexander NC- Catawba NC- 728 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA... NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...ALEXANDER...NORTHERN IREDELL...SOUTHERN CALDWELL AND CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... At 726 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles southeast of Spruce Pine to 6 miles southeast of Taylorsville. Movement was southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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... Statesville, Lenoir, Morganton, Taylorsville, Hickory, St. Stephens, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Valdese, and Gamewell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If on or near Lake Hickory or Lake Rhodhis, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3576 8078 3573 8188 3574 8190 3588 8199 3589 8198 3591 8198 3593 8195 3594 8196 3595 8172 3596 8102 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 315DEG 8KT 3585 8191 3587 8108 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ ARK