Month: March 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Rain continues to make for a sloppy Super Tuesday, but the good news is the slight threat of severe weather has dramatically diminished. Remnants from the severe storms and deadly tornado that slammed Tennessee overnight will drift toward North Carolina, but the effects here aren’t expected to be nearly as serious. “The threat of severe weather is pretty much nonexistent,” Chief Meteorologist Chris Hohmann said Tuesday afternoon. Most of the ABC11…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as people slept early Tuesday, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 22 people. Authorities described painstaking efforts to find survivors in piles of rubble and wrecked basements as the death toll climbed. One twister caused severe damage across a 10-mile (16 kilometer) stretch of downtown Nashville, wrecking businesses and homes and destroying the tower and stained glass of a historic church. Another erased homes from…

By Elizabeth Gardner and Aimee Wilmoth, WRAL meteorologists Raleigh, N.C. — A storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in Tennessee will make its way across North Carolina this afternoon and evening, bringing the threat for damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center posted a Level 1 alert for central North Carolina. Download the WRAL Weather App to get alerts on your mobile device. Rain showers moved into the Triangle around lunchtime and more severe storms are…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — We’ll see rain on Tuesday along with the threat of severe weather. Remains from the severe storms that slammed Tennessee overnight will drift toward North Carolina, but the impact isn’t expected to be nearly as serious as it was in Tennessee. Most of the ABC11 viewing area is under a Category 1 ‘marginal’ risk for severe weather as rain moves in this afternoon. The timing of the worst of the rain will…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people, police said. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville. Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — We’ll see rain on Tuesday along with the threat of severe weather. Remains from the severe storms that impacted Tennessee overnight will drift toward North Carolina, but the impact isn’t expected to be life-threatening. Most of the ABC11 viewing area is under a Category 1 ‘marginal’ risk for severe weather as rain moves in this afternoon. The timing of the worst of the rain will be from 3 to 7 p.m. The…

By Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — Spring-like weather has returned to the Triangle this week, bringing rain and warmer temperatures along with it. Tuesday morning was cloudy, with temps a pleasant 57 degrees. However, rain and showers from the system impacting Tennessee are forecast to head into North Carolina by the afternoon. “That same system that brought the devastating tornadoes to Nashville is moving our way; however, the bulk of the energy that…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At least nine people have died after multiple tornadoes touched down early Tuesday in central Tennessee, including one that ripped across downtown Nashville and caused about 40 buildings to collapse around the city, police said. Authorities pleaded with people to stay indoors, at least until daybreak could reveal the dangers of a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees. Some schools already closed for Super…