• Severe Weather Statement for Eastern McDowell County, North Carolina
  • Severe Weather Statement issued August 17 at 3:54PM EDT until August 17 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 2:54 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 3:15 p.m.

  • ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
    FOR CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND WEST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES...
    At 353 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
    Marion, moving northeast at 10 mph.
    HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
    SOURCE...Radar indicated.
    IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
    Locations impacted include...
    Lake James State Park, Lake James, Nebo, North Cove, Ashford,
    Woodlawn, Pleasant Gardens, Little Switzerland and B.R.
    Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville.
    HAIL...0.75IN
    WIND...60MPH