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McDowell County Emergency Management
Monday June 24th, 2019 :: 06:31 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 01:00AM Tuesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 442 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HABERSHAM HART RABUN STEPHENS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MACON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS OCONEE PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ADVANCE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ANDERSON, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BALDWIN, BANNER ELK, BEREA, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK, BOYDVILLE, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CALHOUN FALLS, CANON, CANTON, CATAWBA, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLARKESVILLE, CLAYTON, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNELIA, CORNWELL, COVE CREEK, CROUSE, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DACUSVILLE, DANA, DEMOREST, DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELBERTON, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, HARTWELL, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HIGHLANDS, HOLLYWOOD, HOT SPRINGS, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, KYLE, LAKE ADGER, LAKE JUNALUSKA, LAURENS, LAVONIA, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MICAVILLE, MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK, MOUNTAIN CITY, MOUNTAIN REST, NANTAHALA LAKE, NEBO, NEWFOUND GAP, NEWLAND, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, OAKWAY, PATTERSON, PINE MOUNTAIN, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS, RAMSEYTOWN, REED CREEK, ROBBINSVILLE, ROCK HILL, ROYSTON, RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SENECA, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SMOKEMONT, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STECOAH, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORS, TAYLORSVILLE, TOCCOA, TRINITY, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, UNION, VALDESE, WALHALLA, WALNUT, WARE SHOALS, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WEDDINGTON, WESSER, WESTMINSTER, AND WHITWORTH.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, NC ... LAURENS, SC ... YANCEY, NC ... CLEVELAND, NC ... GASTON, NC ... CATAWBA, NC ... HAYWOOD, NC ... ELBERT, GA ... MITCHELL, NC ... GREENVILLE, SC ... PICKENS, SC ... DAVIE, NC ... HENDERSON, NC ... AVERY, NC ... OCONEE, SC ... RUTHERFORD, NC ... HABERSHAM, GA ... SWAIN, NC ... UNION, SC ... GRAHAM, NC ... ABBEVILLE, SC ... SPARTANBURG, SC ... CALDWELL, NC ... MECKLENBURG, NC ... BURKE, NC ... HART, GA ... CABARRUS, NC ... GREENWOOD, SC ... CHEROKEE, SC ... UNION, NC ... MACON, NC ... RABUN, GA ... MADISON, NC ... TRANSYLVANIA, NC ... LINCOLN, NC ... ROWAN, NC ... BUNCOMBE, NC ... STEPHENS, GA ... FRANKLIN, GA ... JACKSON, NC ... IREDELL, NC ... POLK, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC ... CHESTER, SC ... ANDERSON, SC ... YORK, SC

Address/Location
McDowell County Emergency Management
129 Barnes Rd
Marion, NC 28752

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-3241

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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