Weather Alert WatchOfficial-source alert index
NWS feedSource freshLast successful check:
Ended official alertUpdated

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Catawba, NC; Cleveland, NC; Gaston, NC +2 more

This alert has ended.Kept for recent context. Do not use it as a current warning.

Official alert fields

What you need to know

Effective
Ended
Official severity
Severe
Official urgency
Immediate
Official certainty
Observed

What is happening

At 838 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of Taylorsville to 9 miles north of Shelby, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Statesville, Newton,...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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. If on or near Lake Norman, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Read official NWS bulletin

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 838 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of Taylorsville to 9 miles north of Shelby, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Statesville, Newton, Lincolnton, Conover, Cherryville, Maiden, Westport, Troutman, Claremont, and Belwood.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 8:39PM EDT until August 17 at 9:15PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 8:11PM EDT until August 17 at 9:15PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

    Official revision

Source and limitations

Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

CAP status
Actual
Message type
Update
Last collected
Methodology and corrections