Month: June 2019

What to do before a tornado Knowing what to do before a tornado strikes could keep you and your loved ones safe. Here’s how to prepare for the force of nature. By × Knowing what to do before a tornado strikes could keep you and your loved ones safe. Here’s how to prepare for the force of nature. By Raleigh Central North Carolina could see storms starting Wednesday afternoon, with the possibility of tornadoes, hail…

By Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — Much of North Carolina, including the Triangle, is under a level 2 risk for severe weather on Wednesday. A high pressure system kept conditions dry and cool earlier in the week, but warm air and moisture will return to the area on Wednesday. According to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, morning showers are more likely in counties west of the Triangle, but scattered thunderstorms with heavy rain, lightning…

Weather News Severe weather possible Wednesday afternoon and evening By June 05, 2019 06:45 AM Check out the ABC11 First Alert weather forecast.

RALEIGH (WTVD) — ABC11 is in First Alert Mode as 31 million people are at a slight risk for severe weather on Wednesday. A number of those people are in the Triangle and the Sandhills. Over 1/3 of the US population under a risk for severe weather today. 31 million are under a slight (category 2) risk with the biggest threat from damaging winds. That includes our entire viewing area. Please be #weatheraware today! #ncwx…

By Emmy Victor, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — New cameras being installed across Raleigh will help the city keep drivers safe when flooding and severe weather occurs. One of the 16 new flood monitoring cameras is located at Wake Forest Road and Hodges Road, where rising water from the nearby Crabtree Creek has shut down the area in the past. Before the cameras, crews relied on residents calling or emailing in about the trouble spots….

A mix of sun and clouds across the Triangle today with showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Plenty of moisture across the region will help to fuel the storms and some can become strong enough to produce heavy downpours and damaging wind gusts. Over 1/3 of the US population under a risk for severe weather today. 31 million are under a slight (category 2) risk with the biggest threat from damaging winds. That includes our…

By Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — Much of North Carolina, including the Triangle, is under a level 2 risk for severe weather on Wednesday. A high pressure system kept conditions dry and cool earlier in the week, but warm air and moisture will return to the area on Wednesday. According to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, morning showers are more likely in counties west of the Triangle, but scattered thunderstorms with heavy rain, lightning…

In this Thursday, May 30, 2019 photo, Eugene Bowers looks at the kitchen in his flooded home in the Town and Country neighborhood west of Sand Springs, Okla. Tulsa World via AP Mike Simons TULSA, Okla. Vice President Mike Pence is pledging to rebuild parts of Oklahoma damaged by flooding. Pence, his wife and federal agency heads on Tuesday visited a food bank and toured Tulsa-area neighborhoods swamped after the swollen Arkansas River left its…