Severe weather hit our area yesterday. Just after 11:30am Wednesday, a severe thunderstorm was raging over Greeneville, moving east at 30 mph. It brought with it golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. There was also a lot of lightning and heavy rains, prompting flood alerts. The outbreak of severe weather affected a big swath of the southeast, including a large storm that prompted a state of emergency in Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Gaston County Board of Commissioners Chairman Chad Brown detailed the aftermath…
One person in Gaston County was killed after a tree fell on a vehicle. A Flood Watch remained in effect for our local area through this morning, and Greene County is under an ENHANCED RISK for Severe Weather all day today.