• Special Weather Statement for Yancey County, North Carolina
  • Special Weather Statement issued September 13 at 3:51PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 7 a.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

  • ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL...
    SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND EAST CENTRAL YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
    EDT...
    At 350 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
    Spruce Pine, moving southwest at 15 mph.
    Locations to be impacted include...
    Spruce Pine, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, B.R.
    Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Celo, Little Switzerland and
    Micaville.
    Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail and very heavy rainfall rates
    up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas.