SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Catawba County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Southeastern McDowell County in western North Carolina... Northeastern Rutherford County in western North Carolina... Lincoln County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Northwestern Mecklenburg County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Cleveland County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... Gaston County in the Piedmont of North Carolina... South central Burke County in western North Carolina... Northwestern York County in Upstate South Carolina... Northeastern Cherokee County in Upstate South Carolina... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 707 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Lincolnton to 15 miles southeast of Morganton to 14 miles southeast of Marion, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Gastonia, Uptown Charlotte, Shelby, Lincolnton, Central Charlotte, Northwest Charlotte, Kings Mountain, Mt Holly, Belmont, and Cherryville.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 526 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MACON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BANNER ELK, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CANDLER, CANTON, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CHARLOTTE, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, COVE CREEK, CROUSE, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DANA, DYSARTSVILLE, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FRANKLIN, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HIGHLANDS, HOT SPRINGS, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN, KYLE, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MATTHEWS, MICAVILLE, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, PATTERSON, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS, RAMSEYTOWN, ROBBINSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SHELBY, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STECOAH, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORSVILLE, TRINITY, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, VALDESE, WALNUT, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WEDDINGTON, AND WESSER.