Heat advisory and severe storm warning issued for region Emergency Information Heat advisory remains in effect from noon Sunday to 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight time Monday. What heat index values up to 107 expected? Where, in Georgia, Franklin and Stevens counties? In North Carolina, Cleveland, Eastern Polk and Greater Rutherford counties. In South Carolina, Central Greenville, Cherokee, Greater Ocone, Greater Pickens, and Northern Spartanburg counties. When? From noon Sunday to 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Monday. Impacts, hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommend scheduling frequent rest breaks and shaded or air-conditioned environments. Anyone overcome my heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency. Call 911. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Oppressive heat and humidity build through the weekend and continue through the first half of next week. Dangerous heat indices are possible, especially Sunday through Wednesday. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be isolated except in the North Carolina Mountains. A cold front will finally arrive late in the week, bringing an increase in showers and storms as well as much-needed relief from the heat. This is Norweather Radio All Hazards. WNG 538 broadcasting from a tower on Grandmother Mountain, near Linville, North Carolina, operating on a frequency of 162.450 megahertz. This transmitter is serving the northern foothills and northern mountains of North Carolina. The current time is 11.56 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. These are the 11 p.m. Eastern Daylight time observations for Western North Carolina on Saturday, July 26th. At the Hickory Airport, it was mostly cloudy. The temperature was 82 degrees, the 2.75, and the relative humidity 79%. The wind was west at 5 miles an hour. The pressure was 30.12 inches and rising. At Asheville Airport, it was partly cloudy. The temperature was 80 degrees. At Jefferson, it was partly cloudy. The temperature was 73 degrees. At boom, light rain was falling. The temperature was 70 degrees. Elsewhere around North Carolina, East Tennessee, and Virginia, it was partly cloudy, with a temperature of 82 at Staceville, 90 at Charlotte, and 83 at Greensboro. Under partly cloudy skies, Raleigh Durham reported 85, Knoxville reported 84, and Bluefield reported 76. At Bristol, it was mostly cloudy, with a temperature of 81. At Roanoke, it was cloudy with a temperature of 77. In South Carolina and North Georgia, at Greenville Spartanburg, it was clear with a temperature of 85. At Atlanta, it was partly cloudy with a temperature of 83. Once again at 11 p.m., at the Hickory Airport, it was 82 degrees and mostly cloudy. Here is a special weather statement. A strong thunderstorm will impact southeastern Madison, north central bunkum and the Ansi counties through 12.15 a.m. Eastern daylight time. At 11.34 p.m. Eastern daylight time, Doppa radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Marshall, or over Mars Hill, moving northeast at 15 miles per hour. Hazard. Wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour and pea size hail. Source, radar indicated. Impact, dusty winds could knock down trillions and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Burnsville, Marshall, Mars Hill, Weaverville, Ramsetown, Green Mountain, Swiss, Fleck Creek, Faust, and Wolf Ridge. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
