Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:30PM 
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 440 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Ducktown, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Murphy, Ducktown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Violet, Turtletown, Hiawasse Dam and Unaka.
* AFFECTED AREAS: POLK, TN ... CHEROKEE, NC
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352