SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 649 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

649 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA

ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA

CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON

IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG

ROWAN UNION NC

IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

CHEROKEE CHESTER YORK

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADVANCE, BETHLEHEM, BLACKSTOCK,

CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CONCORD, CORNWELL, CROUSE,

ELLENDALE, FARMINGTON, FORK CHURCH, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA,

GREAT FALLS, HICKORY, HIDDENITE, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL,

KANNAPOLIS, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LINCOLNTON, MATTHEWS, MILLERSVILLE,

MOCKSVILLE, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, NEWTON, ROCK HILL, SALISBURY,

SHELBY, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STONY POINT, TAYLORSVILLE,

TRINITY, AND WEDDINGTON.