Full Notification

At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles east of Huntersville to 3 miles northeast of Gastonia. Movement was north at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Huntersville, Gastonia, Kannapolis, Lincolnton, Northeast Charlotte, Cornelius, Mt Holly, Davidson, Stanley, and Enochville.

* AFFECTED AREAS: IREDELL ... ROWAN ... LINCOLN ... GASTON ... MECKLENBURG ... CABARRUS

Instructions:

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If on or near Mountain Island Lake and southern portions of Lake Norman, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.