Month: April 2019

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Triangle under Level 4 risk for severe weather that extends until 11 p.m. Friday. Several counties are under a tornado watch or flood warning. Several tornado warnings were issued but cancelled for other areas. Full list of advisories: Click here Several Good Friday activities have been canceled. Full list of closings/cancellations: Click here Nearly 71,000 power outages have been reported around North Carolina. To watch our live cameras: Click here. 6:31 p.m.: The…

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Triangle under Level 4 risk for severe weather that extends until 11 p.m. Friday. Several counties are under a tornado watch or flood warning. Several tornado warnings were issued but cancelled for other areas. Full list of advisories: Click here Several Good Friday activities have been canceled. Full list of closings/cancellations: Click here Over 8,000 power outages reported in North Carolina, with half of them in the Triangle. Outages: Wake (2.4K), Durham (1K),…

By Janine Bowen, WRAL digital journalist Severe storms that spawned several reports of tornadoes left behind damage across the Triangle on Friday. Over 8,000 power outages were reported in North Carolina during the peak of the story with more than half of them in the Triangle. Tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Smithfield in Johnston County as well as in the Whitecross area in Orange County. In Orange County, several trees were felled…

Local Raw Video: Storm damage near Hillsborough, NC By April 19, 2019 05:31 PM Check out raw video of storm damage near I-40 and Old 86 south of Hillsborough, NC Friday afternoon, April 19, 2019.

Warnings and WatchesSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued for Johnston, Wake, Wayne and Wilson counties.Tornado Watch issued for:-Central North Carolina until 5 p.m. Full list of counties can be viewed here. ABC11 is in First Alert Mode as a storm system and an associated cold front that have been responsible for severe weather across the Gulf Coast states are continuing to move east Friday and into the Carolinas. LIST: Business closings Severe weather is expected throughout the…

Raleigh, N.C. — LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Triangle under Level 4 risk for severe weather that extends until 11 p.m. Friday. Several counties are under a tornado warning, including Bladen, Chatham, Lee, Moore, southeastern Randolph and Sampson counties. Full list of advisories: Click here Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dismissing early today; several churches have canceled Good Friday activities. Full list of closings/cancellations: Click here Gardner says the greatest risk for severe weather, including tornadoes, starts at 3…

Raleigh, N.C. — LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Triangle under Level 4 risk for severe weather that extends until 11 p.m. Friday. Several counties are under a tornado warning, including Bladen, Chatham, Lee, Moore, southeastern Randolph and Sampson counties. Full list of advisories: Click here Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dismissing early today; several churches have canceled Good Friday activities. Full list of closings/cancellations: Click here Gardner says the greatest risk for severe weather, including tornadoes, starts at 3…

Raleigh, N.C. — LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Triangle under Level 4 risk for severe weather that extends until 11 p.m. Friday. Several counties are under a tornado warning, including Bladen, Chatham, Lee, Moore and Sampson counties. Full list of advisories: Click here Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dismissing early today; several churches have canceled Good Friday activities. Full list of closings/cancellations: Click here Gardner says the greatest risk for severe weather, including tornadoes, starts at 3 p.m. and…