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Special Weather Statement
ExpiredAvery; Yancey; Mitchell
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Moderate
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Observed
Details
At 1202 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles east of Elizabethton to 9 miles west of Beech Mountain to 5 miles southwest of Erwin. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include... Burnsville, Newland, Banner Elk, Elk Park, Bakersville, Beech Mountain In Avery County, Crossnore, Sugar Mountain, Seven Devils, and Grandfather Mountain State Park.
Data from the National Weather Service
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