Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 11:45PM Wednesday 
SVRMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee...
* Until 1145 PM EDT.
* At 1045 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of Benton, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Murphy, Ducktown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Big Frog Mountain, Hot House, Turtletown, Copperhill, Hiawasse Dam, Archville, and Culberson.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, NC ... POLK, TN
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southwestern North Carolina...and east Tennessee.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352