At 152 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Marshall to 4 miles north of Downtown Asheville to 15 miles northwest of Hendersonville. Movement was east at 30 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Downtown Asheville, Burnsville, Marshall, East Asheville, West Asheville, North Asheville, Black Mountain, Woodfin, Swannanoa, and Weaverville.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 681 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BATH ESTILL FLEMING MENIFEE MONTGOMERY POWELL ROWAN IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BELL CLAY JACKSON KNOX LEE OWSLEY WOLFE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, CAMARGO, CAMPTON, CLAY CITY, CORBIN, FLEMINGSBURG, FRENCHBURG, IRVINE, JEFFERSONVILLE, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MIDDLESBORO, MONTICELLO, MOREHEAD, MOUNT STERLING, MOUNT VERNON, OWINGSVILLE, PINEVILLE, RAVENNA, SOMERSET, STANTON, STEARNS, WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.