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ExpiredAvery; Mitchell
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Moderate
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Observed
Details
At 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Beech Mountain, or 4 miles northwest of Elk Park, moving southeast at 15 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... Newland, Banner Elk, Elk Park, Beech Mountain In Avery County, Crossnore, Sugar Mountain, Seven Devils, Grandfather Mountain State Park, Linville Falls, and B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather.
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