NWS Special Weather Statement (Mitchell County)

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Special Weather Statement issued July 26 at 1:22PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN AVERY AND WESTERN BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... At 121 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated the leading edge of a cluster of thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles south of Deep Gap to 16 miles southwest of Marion, and moving southeast at 15 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Lenoir, Marion, Morganton, Gamewell, Glen Alpine, Old Fort, Cedar Rock, Linville Falls, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland and Lake James State Park. Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible in these areas.

Counties Affected:
Avery; Burke Mountains; Caldwell Mountains; Eastern McDowell; Greater Burke; Greater Caldwell; McDowell Mountains; Mitchell; Rutherford Mountains

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