NWS Special Weather Statement (Yancey County)

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Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 4:53PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL... SOUTHERN AVERY AND SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... At 452 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated the leading edge of a cluster of thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Newland to 3 miles west of Spruce Pine to 12 miles south of Burnsville, and moving southeast at 5 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Spruce Pine, Crossnore, Grandfather Mountain State Park, Mount Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather, Linville Falls, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, Ingalls and Altamont. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas.

Counties Affected:
Avery; Mitchell; Yancey

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