• Severe Weather Statement for McDowell Mountains County, North Carolina
  • Severe Weather Statement issued June 28 at 6:55AM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 5:55 a.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 6:15 a.m.

  • ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT
    FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SWAIN AND NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES...
    At 655 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
    extending from 11 miles northwest of Waynesville to 8 miles northwest
    of Sylva to 4 miles west of Bryson City, moving southeast at 40 mph.
    HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
    SOURCE...Radar indicated.
    IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
    Locations impacted include...
    Bryson City, Cherokee, Maggie Valley, Smoky Mountains-Deep Creek,
    Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains To Balsam
    Gap, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Smoky Mountains-Cataloochee, Smoky
    Mountains-Balsam Mountain and Smoky Mountains-Oconaluftee.
    HAIL...0.75IN
    WIND...60MPH