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City of Bessemer City
Saturday July 29th, 2023 :: 08:19 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:00PM Saturday

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Eastern Lincoln County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Mecklenburg County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southeastern Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Gaston County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Northeastern York County in Upstate South Carolina...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 817 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Huntersville to 9 miles southeast of Shelby, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and pea to dime size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters and Doppler radar. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Gastonia, Rock Hill, Charlotte, Huntersville, and Downtown Concord.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CABARRUS, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GASTON, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... YORK, SC

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.

Address/Location
City of Bessemer City
132 W Virginia Ave
Bessemer City, NC 28016

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 704-629-5542

Submit an anonymous web tip

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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