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City of Cornelia
Friday March 3rd, 2023 :: 02:43 p.m. EST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Friday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HABERSHAM HART RABUN STEPHENS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CLEVELAND IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MACON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS OCONEE PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION SC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ANDERSON, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BALDWIN, BANNER ELK, BEREA, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BOYDVILLE, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CALHOUN FALLS, CANDLER, CANON, CANTON, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CLARKESVILLE, CLAYTON, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CORNELIA, COVE CREEK, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DACUSVILLE, DANA, DEMOREST, DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELBERTON, ETOWAH, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GAFFNEY, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, GUMLOG, HARTWELL, HENDERSONVILLE, HIGHLANDS, HOLLYWOOD, HOT SPRINGS, INGALLS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, KYLE, LAURENS, LAVONIA, LENOIR, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MAULDIN, MICAVILLE, MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MONARCH MILLS, MORGANTON, MOUNTAIN CITY, MOUNTAIN REST, NEBO, NEWLAND, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, OAKWAY, PATTERSON, PINE MOUNTAIN, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS, RAMSEYTOWN, REED CREEK, ROBBINSVILLE, ROYSTON, RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SENECA, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, STECOAH, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORS, TOCCOA, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, UNION, VALDESE, WALHALLA, WALNUT, WARE SHOALS, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WESSER, AND WESTMINSTER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ELBERT, GA ... FRANKLIN, GA ... HABERSHAM, GA ... HART, GA ... RABUN, GA ... STEPHENS, GA ... AVERY, NC ... BUNCOMBE, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GRAHAM, NC ... HAYWOOD, NC ... HENDERSON, NC ... JACKSON, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... MACON, NC ... MADISON, NC ... MITCHELL, NC ... POLK, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... SWAIN, NC ... TRANSYLVANIA, NC ... YANCEY, NC ... ABBEVILLE, SC ... ANDERSON, SC ... CHEROKEE, SC ... GREENVILLE, SC ... GREENWOOD, SC ... LAURENS, SC ... OCONEE, SC ... PICKENS, SC ... SPARTANBURG, SC ... UNION, SC

Address/Location
City of Cornelia
181 Larkin St
Cornelia, GA 30531

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-778-8585

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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