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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 590 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HABERSHAM RABUN IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON MACON MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALARKA, ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BALDWIN, BANNER ELK, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, CANDLER, CANTON, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, CELO, CLARKESVILLE, CLAYTON, COLUMBUS, CORNELIA, COVE CREEK, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DANA, DEMOREST, DYSARTSVILLE, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELLENDALE, ETOWAH, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY, FRANKLIN, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HENDERSONVILLE, HIDDENITE, HIGHLANDS, HOLLYWOOD, HOT SPRINGS, INGALLS, KINGS CREEK, KYLE, LENOIR, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA, LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MICAVILLE, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MORGANTON, MOUNTAIN CITY, NEBO, NEWLAND, PATTERSON, PINE MOUNTAIN, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS, RAMSEYTOWN, ROBBINSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE, STECOAH, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL, SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORSVILLE, TRYON, TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, VALDESE, WALNUT, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, AND WESSER.

At 632 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles north of Burnsville to 4 miles southwest of Marshall to 11 miles north of Sylva, moving southeast at 45 mph.
Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include Waynesville, Burnsville, Marshall, Cherokee, Lake Junaluska, Weaverville, Mars Hill, Clyde, Maggie Valley, and Hot Springs.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.