Most of North Carolina under Level 2 severe weather risk on Sunday; some counties reaching Level 3

The threat for severe weather in central North Carolina continues into Sunday after a strong and quick-moving storm triggered multiple Tornado Warnings in eight counties on Saturday.

For most of Sunday, North Carolina will be placed under a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe weather, with some counties near the eastern North Carolina-Virginia borderline reaching up to a Level 3. Most of that weather starting around mid-day if not 5 p.m.

The main threats for North Carolina will be damaging straight-line winds and hail.

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From around 4:40 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, tornado warnings were in effect for many central North Carolina counties including: Wake, Johnston, Wilson, Wayne, Nash, Lee, Harnett and Moore counties. If you weren’t in a county affected by the Tornado Warnings, you were at least under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8 p.m.

The storm leaving behind downed trees, golf ball-sized hail and nearly 800 people without power in central North Carolina as of 10:30 p.m., according to Duke Energy.

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If you can tough out the severe weather of the weekend, Meteorologist Robert Johnson said you can expect sunshine to kick off your week until Wednesday.