Weather Alert in North Carolina
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 4 at 8:32PM EDT until September 4 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
AREAS AFFECTED: Cleveland, NC; Rutherford, NC; Cherokee, SC
DESCRIPTION: SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Southwestern Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Northwestern Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 832 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of Forest City, or 5 miles north of Chesnee, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Boiling Springs NC, Earl, Cowpens National Battlefield, Cliffside, Henrietta, Harris, Chesnee, Caroleen, Gaffney, and Shelby.
INSTRUCTION: Brief damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines over small areas. A brief period of large hail is also possible. Seek shelter inside an interior room. 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.
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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?
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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions
which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to
their surface.
Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily
destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel
doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation
similar to situations which produce snowfall.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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