Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:00PM 
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Clay County in southwestern North Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 358 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nantahala Lake, or 7 miles east of Andrews, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Andrews, Hayesville, Nantahala Lake, Shooting Creek, Tusquitee, Topton, Marble and Brasstown.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, NC ... CLAY, 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.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352