Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:30PM 
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Northeastern Polk County in east Tennessee... Southern Monroe County in east Tennessee...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 448 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southeast of Etowah, or 13 miles north of Ducktown, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Murphy, Hiawasse Dam, Bullet Creek, Coker Creek, Violet and Unaka. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Cherokee County, NC Emergency Management
59 Hiwassee St
Murphy, NC 28906
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-837-7352