Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:45PM 
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Eastern Polk County in east Tennessee... Southeastern Monroe County in east Tennessee...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 551 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ducktown, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Murphy, Ducktown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Coker Creek, Violet, Turtletown, Hiawasse Dam, Copperhill, Archville and Marble.
* AFFECTED AREAS: POLK, TN ... MONROE, TN ... CHEROKEE, NC
Instructions:
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352