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McDowell County Emergency Management
Monday August 7th, 2023 :: 01:52 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 09:00PM Monday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 603 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CATAWBA DAVIE IREDELL ROWAN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BURKE CALDWELL MCDOWELL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ASHFORD, BETHLEHEM, DYSARTSVILLE, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FERO, FORK CHURCH, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, KINGS CREEK, LENOIR, MARION, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, SALISBURY, SAWMILLS, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, TAYLORSVILLE, AND VALDESE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... ROWAN, NC

Address/Location
McDowell County Emergency Management
129 Barnes Rd
Marion, NC 28752

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-3241

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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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