Last Updated on March 16, 2026 4:52 am

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

Monday, March 16, 2026

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the High Country and western North Carolina until 11 AM this morning.

A couple tornadoes possible

Isolated hail up to quarter size

Scattered wind gusts up to 70 mph likely

Includes Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey, and surrounding counties into the Charlotte metro, Piedmont, and Upstate South Carolina.

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