WWUS52 KFFC 161203
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
803 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

NCC011-023-027-111-161230-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260316T1230Z/
McDowell NC-Caldwell NC-Avery NC-Burke NC-
803 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN MCDOWELL...CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN AVERY AND BURKE
COUNTIES...

At 802 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles southeast of Beech Mountain to 9 miles south
of Marion, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Lenoir, Morganton, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Valdese, Gamewell,
Hudson, Icard, Cajah's Mountain, and Drexel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3553 8200 3619 8188 3611 8181 3612 8155
      3602 8134 3600 8133 3580 8133 3557 8154
      3561 8176 3554 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 268DEG 32KT 3617 8185 3554 8197 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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