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

At 206 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast of Hendersonville, or near Bat Cave, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size 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... Fairview In Buncombe County, Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Village, Chimney Rock State Park, Bat Cave, Shingle Hollow, Green Hill, Gerton, Thermal City, and Edneyville.