Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:45PM 
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Northeastern McMinn County in east Tennessee... Monroe County in east Tennessee...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 252 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Madisonville, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Athens, Sweetwater, Madisonville, Murphy, Etowah, Englewood, Vonore, Tellico Plains, Niota and Coker Creek.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, NC ... MCMINN, TN ... MONROE, TN
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.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352