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City of Bessemer City
Friday May 30th, 2025 :: 12:55 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 08:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HABERSHAM HART STEPHENS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BURKE CALDWELL MCDOWELL POLK RUTHERFORD IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS OCONEE PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION SC YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ADVANCE, ANDERSON, ASHFORD, BALDWIN, BEREA, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, BOYDVILLE, CALHOUN FALLS, CANON, CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLARKESVILLE, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNELIA, CORNWELL, CROUSE, DACUSVILLE, DEMOREST, DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, ELBERTON, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FERO, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, GUMLOG, HARTWELL, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HOLLYWOOD, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAURENS, LAVONIA, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, MARION, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, MOUNTAIN REST, NEBO, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, OAKWAY, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, REED CREEK, ROCK HILL, ROYSTON, RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SENECA, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, TAYLORS, TAYLORSVILLE, TOCCOA, TRINITY, TRYON, UNION, VALDESE, WALHALLA, WARE SHOALS, WEDDINGTON, AND WESTMINSTER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ELBERT, GA ... FRANKLIN, GA ... HABERSHAM, GA ... HART, GA ... STEPHENS, GA ... ALEXANDER, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CABARRUS, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... GASTON, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... POLK, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... UNION, NC ... ABBEVILLE, SC ... ANDERSON, SC ... CHEROKEE, SC ... CHESTER, SC ... GREENVILLE, SC ... GREENWOOD, SC ... LAURENS, SC ... OCONEE, SC ... PICKENS, SC ... SPARTANBURG, 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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