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- Large hail, strong winds and tornado threat possible into Thursday evening
- Large hail, tornado threat possible Thursday evening
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National Hurricane Center increases chance that tropical system forms off NC coast Thursday

The area of low pressure that’s bringing central North Carolina cloudy and wet weather could become a tropical system soon.