New Warning for Buncombe, SE Madison, S Mitchell, Yancey Counties

Until 4:45 PM. This includes Asheville, Bent Creek & Avery Creek, Biltmore Forest, and Mount Mitchell State Park.

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Watch out for nickel size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 MPH.

Scattered Thunderstorms Developing; Some Already Reaching Severe Limits

As predicted, another round of afternoon thunderstorms is developing. Generally, their movement today has been northeasterly, where as yesterday it was north. Quite a line is developing to the east of the Appalachian spine, in North Carolina. Severe of these have already reached severe levels. To the west, another band is trying to form along [...]

Severe Storms This Evening

If you pay much attention to your surroundings at all, you’ll know someone somewhere is getting slapped with severe weather currently. Unfortunately (or, fortunately, from a severe weather guy like myself), I got caught in it in the developing stages; otherwise, I would have had an update on here much sooner. The storm I experienced [...]

Heat Continues Through the Weekend

The record heat we’ve experienced much of the week is continuing this afternoon. Let’s have a look at the latest temperatures across the region, as of the 4 PM observation time:
Tri-Cities: 93F
Abingdon: 91F
Wise: 90F
Marion, VA: 91F
Boone: 88F
Jefferson: 88F
Hickory: 96F
Asheville: 74F
A thunderstorm affected the Asheville ASOS, which is the reason for the 74-degree reading.
Expect hot and [...]

Sunday Evening Roundup

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Leading off: A flash flood warning remains in effect until 8 PM for Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. This [...]