Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 6:48PM EDT until July 28 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 3:48pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 4:45pm
Description:
SVRGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Transylvania County in western North Carolina...
West central Henderson County in western North Carolina...
Jackson County in western North Carolina...
Northeastern Swain County in western North Carolina...
Haywood County in western North Carolina...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 648 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Waynesville, or near Maggie Valley, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Brevard, Sylva, Waynesville, Canton, Cullowhee, Lake Junaluska,
Clyde, Maggie Valley, Balsam, and Webster.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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; Henderson, NC; Jackson, NC; Swain, NC; Transylvania, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov