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City of Bessemer City
Saturday August 12th, 2023 :: 05:30 p.m. EDT

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 08:00PM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 635 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CATAWBA CLEVELAND GASTON LINCOLN IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENWOOD LAURENS UNION SC YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, CALHOUN FALLS, CATAWBA, CHESTER, CLINTON, CORNWELL, CROUSE, ELBERTON, ELLENDALE, FORTSONIA, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GREAT FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAURENS, LINCOLNTON, MIDDLETON, MILLERSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, ROCK HILL, RUCKERSVILLE, SHELBY, ST. STEPHENS, STONY POINT, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, AND WARE SHOALS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ELBERT, GA ... ALEXANDER, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GASTON, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... ABBEVILLE, SC ... CHEROKEE, SC ... CHESTER, SC ... GREENWOOD, SC ... LAURENS, SC ... UNION, SC ... YORK, SC

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

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

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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