Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 8 at 4:23PM EDT until May 9 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
242 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

ELBERT FRANKLIN HABERSHAM
HART RABUN STEPHENS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES

IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA

ALEXANDER CABARRUS CATAWBA
CLEVELAND DAVIE GASTON
IREDELL LINCOLN MECKLENBURG
ROWAN UNION NC

IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE
CALDWELL GRAHAM HAYWOOD
HENDERSON JACKSON MACON
MADISON MCDOWELL MITCHELL
POLK RUTHERFORD SWAIN
TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY

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, ALARKA,
ALLENSTAND, ALMOND, ANDERSON, ASHEVILLE, ASHFORD, BALDWIN,
BANNER ELK, BEREA, BETHLEHEM, BLACK MOUNTAIN, BLACKSTOCK,
BOYDVILLE, BREVARD, BRYSON CITY, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK,
CALHOUN FALLS, CANDLER, CANON, CANTON, CATAWBA, CEDAR MOUNTAIN,
CELO, CHARLOTTE, CHESTER, CLARKESVILLE, CLAYTON, CLEMSON,
CLINTON, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, CORNELIA, CORNWELL, COVE CREEK,
CROUSE, CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, DACUSVILLE, DANA, DEMOREST,
DYSARTSVILLE, EASLEY, EAST FLAT ROCK, ELBERTON, ELLENDALE,
ETOWAH, FARMINGTON, FAUST, FERO, FLETCHER, FOREST CITY,
FORK CHURCH, FORK SHOALS, FORTSONIA, FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN SPRINGS,
GAFFNEY, GASTONIA, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, GREAT FALLS,
GREENVILLE, GREER, GUMLOG, HARTWELL, HENDERSONVILLE, HICKORY,
HIDDENITE, HIGHLANDS, HOLLYWOOD, HOT SPRINGS, HUNTERSVILLE,
INDIAN TRAIL, INGALLS, KANNAPOLIS, KINGS CREEK, KINGS MOUNTAIN,
KYLE, LAURENS, LAVONIA, LENOIR, LINCOLNTON, LITTLE RIVER, LUADA,
LUCK, MARION, MARS HILL, MARSHALL, MATTHEWS, MAULDIN, MICAVILLE,
MIDDLETON, MILL SPRING, MILLERSVILLE, MOCKSVILLE, MONARCH MILLS,
MONROE, MOORESVILLE, MORGANTON, MOUNTAIN CITY, MOUNTAIN REST,
NEBO, NEWLAND, NEWTON, NINETY SIX, NUBERG, OAKWAY, PATTERSON,
PINE MOUNTAIN, PLEASANT GROVE, POPLAR, RAINBOW SPRINGS,
RAMSEYTOWN, REED CREEK, ROBBINSVILLE, ROCK HILL, ROYSTON,
RUCKERSVILLE, RUTHERFORDTON, SALISBURY, SALUDA, SAWMILLS, SENECA,
SHELBY, SIMPSONVILLE, SPARTANBURG, SPINDALE, SPRUCE PINE,
ST. STEPHENS, STATESVILLE, STECOAH, STONY POINT, SUGAR HILL,
SWISS, SYLVA, TAYLORS, TAYLORSVILLE, TOCCOA, TRINITY, TRYON,
TUCKASEGEE, TUXEDO, UNION, VALDESE, WALHALLA, WALNUT,
WARE SHOALS, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, WEDDINGTON, WESSER,
AND WESTMINSTER.