Multiple tornado warnings were issued around 8:30 a.m. for communities along the state line, including Mill Spring, NC, about an 82 mile drive west from Charlotte. In S.C., warnings were issued from Union, Monarch Mill and Buffalo, the National Weather Service said.

A tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 10:57 p.m. in effect until Sunday at 4 a.m. for DeKalb, Jackson, Madison and Marshall counties.

Mecklenburg and its surrounding counties are under a tornado watch until 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, according to the National Weather Service. Among the other North Carolina counties included in the watch: Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and Lincoln counties, forecasters say.