• Severe Weather Statement for Cherokee County, North Carolina
  • Severe Weather Statement issued August 08 at 4:01PM EDT until August 08 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 3:01 p.m.
  • Expires: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

  • ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
    FOR CHEROKEE...POLK...SOUTHEASTERN MCMINN...SOUTHERN BLOUNT AND
    MONROE COUNTIES...
    At 400 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
    Benton, moving northeast at 35 mph.
    HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
    SOURCE...Radar indicated.
    IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
    Locations impacted include...
    Madisonville, Murphy, Benton, Ducktown, Etowah, Englewood, Vonore,
    Greenback, Tellico Plains, William L. Davenport Refuge, Big Frog
    Mountain, McGee Carson Peninsula, Parksville, Copperhill, Bullet
    Creek, Archville, Mount Vernon, Clover Hill, Cades Cove and
    Dentville.
    HAIL...0.75IN
    WIND...60MPH