Severe Thunderstorm Warning by NWS

• Effective: 2024-06-09 18:05:00 EDT
• Expires: 2024-06-09 19:00:00 EDT
• Urgency: Immediate
• Severity: Severe
• Certainty: Observed
• Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Please report damaging winds, hail, or flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, or by posting on our Facebook page, or Tweet it using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.
• Target Area: Buncombe, NC; Haywood, NC; Madison, NC

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for several areas in western North Carolina, including Southern Madison, Northern Haywood, and Buncombe counties, effective until 7:00 PM EDT. Severe thunderstorms were detected at 6:04 PM EDT, with a trajectory from east of Newport to east of Gatlinburg, advancing southeast at a speed of 50 mph. These storms pose a threat with 70 mph wind gusts and penny-sized hail. The radar has confirmed the storm's intensity, which could lead to significant tree damage and potential harm to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Affected locations include Downtown Asheville, Marshall, East and West Asheville, North Asheville, Woodfin, Canton, Weaverville, Mars Hill, and Biltmore Forest.

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