Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:15PM 
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Catawba County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Eastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Western Lincoln County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Central Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Northwestern Gaston County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southeastern Burke County in western North Carolina...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 632 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of Morganton to 12 miles northeast of Rutherfordton to near Forest City, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Hickory, Newton, Lincolnton, Forest City, St. Stephens, Conover, Cherryville, Longview, Spindale, and Maiden.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BURKE, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GASTON, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or post it to X using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.
Address/Location
City of Bessemer City
132 W Virginia Ave
Bessemer City, NC 28016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 704-629-5542