Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 09:00PM Sunday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 317 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CATAWBA DAVIE IREDELL ROWAN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL HAYWOOD MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL SWAIN YANCEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BANNER ELK, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CANDLER, CANTON, CELO, COVE CREEK, CRUSO, DYSARTSVILLE, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FORK CHURCH, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HOT SPRINGS, INGALLS, KINGS CREEK, LENOIR, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MICAVILLE, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAMSEYTOWN, SALISBURY, SAWMILLS, SPRUCE PINE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, TAYLORSVILLE, VALDESE, WALNUT, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, AND WESSER.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... AVERY, NC ... BUNCOMBE, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... HAYWOOD, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... MADISON, NC ... MITCHELL, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... SWAIN, NC ... YANCEY, NC
Address/Location
McDowell County Emergency Management
129 Barnes Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-3241
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP MCDOWELLEM followed by your message, to 888777
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