Month: March 2021

On Saturday, central North Carolina is under a Level 1 risk for severe weather, meaning strong to severe storms could happen later today. First Alert Meteorologist Steve Stewart said a frontal boundary will move through the Carolinas Saturday afternoon, producing spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms. Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for part of Moore and Chatham county until 5pm. Main threat is damaging winds. Small hail also possible. pic.twitter.com/icTOZlHHEI — Robert Johnson (@RobJohnsonABC11) March 27,…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Get prepared for a stormy weekend. The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Lee and Moore counties until 5 p.m. The Triangle and surrounding counties are under a Severe Weather Watch until 8 p.m. on Saturday, and the severe weather risk has been raised to Level 2. Storms are currently in our western counties, and the line is moving east at 40-45 mph. A Severe…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Get prepared for a potentially stormy weekend. The Triangle and surrounding counties are under a Severe Weather Watch until 8 p.m. on Saturday, and the severe weather risk has been raised to Level 2. Storms are currently in our western counties, and the line is moving east at 40-45 mph. Storms are currently projected to begin in the Triangle around 6 or 7 p.m. The main threat…

On Saturday, central North Carolina is under a Level 1 risk for severe weather, meaning strong to severe storms could happen later today. First Alert Meteorologist Steve Stewart said a frontal boundary will move through the Carolinas Saturday afternoon, producing spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms. Watch for storms later today…some could be strong to severe. We are in a level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather with the main risk damaging straight line…

On Saturday, central North Carolina has a Level 1 chance for severe weather, meaning strong to severe storms could happen later today. First Alert Meteorologist Steve Stewart said a frontal boundary will move through the Carolinas Saturday afternoon, producing spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms. Watch for storms later today…some could be strong to severe. We are in a level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather with the main risk damaging straight line winds….

Raleigh, N.C. — The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking several steps to fix flooding issues that leave dozens of headstones in the cemetery swamped with water and mud after heavy rains. A low brick wall along the edge of the cemetery, at 501 Rock Quarry Road, has become a de facto dam, allowing rainwater to collect in the southeast corner. Ronald Walters, the VA’s acting undersecretary for memorial affairs, said maintenance crews now routinely…

By KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press Tornadoes and severe storms have torn through the Deep South, killing at least five people as strong winds splintered trees, wrecked homes and downed power lines. The tornado outbreak rolled into western Georgia early Friday. Meteorologists said one large, dangerous tornado moved through Newnan and surrounding communities in the Atlanta metro area. A day earlier, a sheriff in eastern Alabama said a tornado cut a diagonal line through his county,…

NEWNAN, Ga. — Blaring tornado sirens and howling winds roared across parts of western Georgia early Friday as severe storms pounded southern states, including in Alabama where at least five people died in twisters that wrecked homes, splintered trees and crumpled businesses. Meteorologists said a large, dangerous tornado swept through metro Atlanta’s Coweta County around midnight Friday, sparking a tornado emergency for the city of Newnan and surrounding communities. There were several reports downed trees…

Blaring tornado sirens and howling winds roared across parts of western Georgia early Friday as severe storms pounded southern states, including in Alabama where at least five people died in twisters that wrecked homes, splintered trees and crumpled businesses.