Severe Thunderstorm Warning from 4/11/2024 8:01 PM to 8:45 PM EDT for Rowan County, NC

he National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Cabarrus County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...
Southeastern Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 801 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast
of Downtown Concord, or 4 miles northwest of Mt Pleasant, moving
northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
Downtown Concord, Spencer, Granite Quarry, Rockwell, Mt Pleasant,
Faith, High Rock Lake, Gold Hill, Salisbury, and Kannapolis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for the Piedmont
of North Carolina.

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

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.