If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.
At 545 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wadesboro, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Rockingham, Wadesboro, Hamlet, Polkton, Ellerbe, Dobbins Heights,
Lilesville, Morven, Peachland, and McFarlan.