Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:45PM 
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... McDowell County in western North Carolina... Mitchell County in western North Carolina... Caldwell County in western North Carolina... Avery County in western North Carolina... East central Haywood County in western North Carolina... Buncombe County in western North Carolina... Eastern Yancey County in western North Carolina... Burke County in western North Carolina...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 645 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles northwest of Spruce Pine to near Burnsville to 8 miles north of Downtown Asheville to 11 miles northeast of Waynesville, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Downtown Asheville, Lenoir, Morganton, Marion, Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Newland, East Asheville, Arden, and West Asheville.
* AFFECTED AREAS: AVERY, NC ... BUNCOMBE, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... HAYWOOD, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... MITCHELL, NC ... YANCEY, 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
McDowell County Emergency Management
129 Barnes Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-3241