Indiana State emergency officials are providing sandbagging supplies as needed. Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Florida and Texas report their emergency management staff are beginning to conduct damage assessments. FEMA's Region IV office in Atlanta has alerted its Emergency Response Team for possible deployment and activated its Information and Planning response staff. In the western part of the state, the counties of Alleghany, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancy sustained the most damage. Power outages are reported in several of these counties.
Many roads are under water and there have been several evacuations in the affected areas.
There are nine shelters open in Mitchell, Rutherford, Watauga counties. A tornado touched down near Easly in Pickens County downing trees, power lines and damaging structures. One mobile home destroyed, eight to 12 houses had major damage, and numerous others had minor damage. One shelter opened housing three people. Town of Westminister in Oconee County is having problems with the local water system due to debris in the system.