Tornado watch for all of area until 5 p.m.

Published 11:08 am Thursday, February 6, 2020

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 27 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HART STEPHENS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS CATAWBA CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG ROWAN UNION NC IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA POLK RUTHERFORD IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE ANDERSON CHEROKEE CHESTER GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS OCONEE PICKENS SPARTANBURG UNION SC YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ADVANCE, ANDERSON, BEREA, BLACKSTOCK, BOYDVILLE, CALHOUN FALLS, CANON, CATAWBA, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLEMSON, CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNWELL, CROUSE, DACUSVILLE, EASLEY, ELBERTON, FARMINGTON, FOREST CITY, FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GREAT FALLS, GREENVILLE, GREER, GUMLOG, HARTWELL, HICKORY, HUNTERSVILLE, INDIAN TRAIL, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS MOUNTAIN, LAURENS, LAVONIA, LINCOLNTON, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS, MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MOUNTAIN REST, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, OAKWAY, REED CREEK, ROCK HILL, ROYSTON, RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SENECA, SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, TAYLORS, TOCCOA, TRINITY, TRYON, UNION, WALHALLA, WARE SHOALS, WEDDINGTON, AND WESTMINSTER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LAURENS, SC … CLEVELAND, NC … GASTON, NC … CATAWBA, NC … ELBERT, GA … GREENVILLE, SC … DAVIE, NC … PICKENS, SC … OCONEE, SC … RUTHERFORD, NC … ABBEVILLE, SC … UNION, SC … SPARTANBURG, SC … MECKLENBURG, NC … CABARRUS, NC … HART, GA … CHEROKEE, SC … GREENWOOD, SC … UNION, NC … LINCOLN, NC … ROWAN, NC … STEPHENS, GA … FRANKLIN, GA … IREDELL, NC … POLK, NC … CHESTER, SC … ANDERSON, SC … YORK, SC