BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 521 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HENDERSONVILLE...OR OVER
FLAT ROCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...FLAT ROCK...MOUNTAIN HOME...LAUREL
PARK...LAKE LURE...SALUDA...CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK...BAT CAVE AND
VALLEY HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES. BRIEF LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. TURN OFF
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A
BATH OR SHOWER.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG 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.
