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

At 113 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles southeast of Erwin to 10 miles east of Marshall to 13 miles west of Downtown Asheville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Burnsville, North Asheville, Woodfin, Weaverville, Leicester, Mount Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-East Asheville To Craggy Gardens, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Montreat, and Ramseytown.