If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for western North Carolina.

At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 15 miles southeast of Madisonville to 7 miles southwest of Murphy. Movement was east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Robbinsville, Town Of Santeetlah, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Lake Santeetlah, Fontana Lake, Nantahala Lake, Fontana Village, Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek, Stecoah, and Kyle.