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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Wed 05/14/2025 03:45 PM EDT

End Time

Wed 05/14/2025 04:45 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

6 mi SW of Polkville, NC

Storm Motion

Moving SE at 16 mph

Impacts

High impact

Tornadopossible
Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size1.00 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust60 mph

Locations Affected

Shelby, NC ∙ Lattimore, NC ∙ Lawndale, NC ∙ Boiling Springs, NC ∙ Light Oak, NC ∙ Shelby Municipal Airport, NC ∙ Mooresboro, NC ∙ Patterson Springs, NC ∙ Kingstown, NC ∙ Ellenboro, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 345 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025 The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 344 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast of Forest City, or 5 miles west of Polkville, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Lawndale, Mooresboro, Earl, Polkville, Shelby, Bostic, Sunshine, Patterson Springs, Lattimore, and Boiling Springs NC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service 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. && LAT...LON 3527 8136 3517 8151 3518 8168 3544 8191 3555 8171 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 320DEG 14KT 3544 8174 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH