NWS Special Weather Statement (Mitchell County)

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Special Weather Statement issued October 23 at 1:53PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN MITCHELL...SOUTHWESTERN AVERY...NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND EASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... At 153 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Marion, or near Old Fort, moving north at 45 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Old Fort, Bakersville, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, Mount Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Black Mountain, Montreat and Bandana. Wind gusts up to 45 mph and very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas.

Counties Affected:
Avery; McDowell Mountains; Mitchell; Rutherford Mountains; Yancey

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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