Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 6:17AM EDT until March 16 at 7:30AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 3:17am
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 4:30am
Description:
SVRGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Macon County in western North Carolina...
Transylvania County in western North Carolina...
Jackson County in western North Carolina...
Southern Haywood County in western North Carolina...
* Until 730 AM EDT.
* At 616 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Franklin,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Brevard, Franklin, Sylva, Waynesville, Canton, Cullowhee, Lake
Junaluska, Clyde, Highlands, and Maggie Valley.
Instruction:
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 post it to X using hashtag nwsgsp.
Your message should describe the event and the specific location
where it occurred.
Area Description:
Haywood, NC; Jackson, NC; Macon, NC; Transylvania, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov