Weather Alert
Avery County, NC
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 5/17/25 3:42 AM
End: 5/17/25 4:30 AM
Dur: 00:48
Canceled 5/17/25 4:30 AM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 3:42AM EDT until May 17 at 4:30AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
SVRGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
McDowell County in western North Carolina...
Southeastern Mitchell County in western North Carolina...
Southwestern Avery County in western North Carolina...
Buncombe County in western North Carolina...
Central Haywood County in western North Carolina...
Southeastern Yancey County in western North Carolina...
Northwestern Burke County in western North Carolina...

* Until 430 AM EDT.

* At 341 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles northeast of Burnsville to 13 miles northeast of Downtown Asheville to 8 miles north of Waynesville, moving southeast 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...
Ingalls, East Asheville, Ashford, Linville Falls, West Asheville, Swannanoa, North Cove, Celo, Little Switzerland, and Warren Wilson College.



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