Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 08:00PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 526 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MACON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BANNER ELK, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CANDLER, CANTON, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CHARLOTTE, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, COVE CREEK, CROUSE, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DANA, DYSARTSVILLE, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FRANKLIN, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HIGHLANDS, HOT SPRINGS, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, KYLE, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MATTHEWS, MICAVILLE, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS, RAMSEYTOWN, ROBBINSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STECOAH, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, VALDESE, WALNUT, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WEDDINGTON, AND WESSER.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... AVERY, NC ... BUNCOMBE, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CABARRUS, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... GASTON, NC ... GRAHAM, NC ... HAYWOOD, NC ... HENDERSON, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... JACKSON, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... MACON, NC ... MADISON, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... MITCHELL, NC ... POLK, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... SWAIN, NC ... TRANSYLVANIA, NC ... UNION, NC ... YANCEY, NC
Address/Location
City of Bessemer City
132 W Virginia Ave
Bessemer City, NC 28016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 704-629-5542