Tornado Watch until 08:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 62 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BURKE CALDWELL HENDERSON MCDOWELL POLK RUTHERFORD TRANSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ASHFORD, BETHLEHEM, BREVARD, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CHARLOTTE, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CROUSE, DANA, DYSARTSVILLE, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HUNTERSVILLE, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAKE ADGER, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, MARION, MATTHEWS, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SPINDALE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, TAYLORSVILLE, TRYON, TUXEDO, AND VALDESE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... CABARRUS, NC ... GASTON, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... TRANSYLVANIA, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... HENDERSON, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... POLK, NC ... MCDOWELL, 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
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary 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:
- Tornado Watch