Tornado Watch until 05:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 88 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT HART IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BURKE CALDWELL MCDOWELL POLK RUTHERFORD IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ADVANCE, ANDERSON, ASHFORD, BANNER ELK, BEREA, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, CALHOUN FALLS, CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNWELL, CROUSE, DACUSVILLE, DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, ELBERTON, ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FERO, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, HARTWELL, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAKE ADGER, LAURENS, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, MARION, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, REED CREEK, ROCK HILL, RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, TAYLORS, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, TRYON, UNION, VALDESE, WARE SHOALS, AND WEDDINGTON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... LAURENS, SC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GASTON, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... ELBERT, GA ... GREENVILLE, SC ... PICKENS, SC ... DAVIE, NC ... AVERY, NC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... ABBEVILLE, SC ... UNION, SC ... SPARTANBURG, SC ... CALDWELL, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... BURKE, NC ... CABARRUS, NC ... HART, GA ... CHEROKEE, SC ... GREENWOOD, SC ... UNION, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... POLK, NC ... CHESTER, SC ... ANDERSON, SC ... YORK, 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
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