Tornado Watch until 05:00AM Monday 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 72 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BURKE CALDWELL MCDOWELL POLK RUTHERFORD IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA CHEROKEE CHESTER LAURENS SPARTANBURG UNION YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ASHFORD, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNWELL, CROUSE, DYSARTSVILLE, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FERO, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAKE ADGER, LAURENS, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, MARION, MATTHEWS, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, ROCK HILL, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, TRYON, UNION, VALDESE, AND WEDDINGTON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... SPARTANBURG, SC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... LAURENS, SC ... BURKE, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... CABARRUS, NC ... GASTON, NC ... CHEROKEE, SC ... UNION, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... DAVIE, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... POLK, NC ... CHESTER, SC ... YORK, SC ... UNION, SC
Address/Location
City of Bessemer City
132 W Virginia Ave
Bessemer City, NC 28016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 704-629-5542