Month: March 2021

Garysburg, N.C. — At least two confirmed tornadoes touched down in North Carolina on Thursday, and possibly more. Emergency Director Tony Burnette shared with WRAL News photos of a tornado that touched down in Northampton County on Thursday. According to Burnett, between four and six homes were damaged. One home is unlivable after the storm, but two others sustained extensive damage. A tree fell on a car with a family inside, but thankfully, the family…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Cedar Grove, N.C. — Tornado surveyors from the National Weather Service will be in Orange County on Friday to assess damage from Thursday’s severe weather. Orange County emergency officials said at least three homes in the Pentecost Road area sustained damage, but no injuries were reported. Taelor Chrisco and her mother sat in their bathroom for over an hour while waiting for storms to pass. “It got really loud, and…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather warnings dotted the central North Carolina on Thursday, but the majority of the region escaped unharmed. Despite several tornado warnings, the only damage report in the region happened in Orange County. In the Cedar Grove neighborhood, trees were uprooted, roofs were damaged, a basketball hoop was snapped in half and a trampoline was seen flying down the street. The National Weather Service is deploying a survey team to look…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather warnings dotted the central North Carolina on Thursday, but the majority of the region escaped unharmed. Despite several tornado warnings, the only damage report in the region happened in Orange County. In the Cedar Grove neighborhood, trees were uprooted, roofs were damaged, a basketball hoop was snapped in half and a trampoline was seen flying down the street. The National Weather Service is deploying a survey team to look…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center 9:00 The Tornado Watch for most of central North Carolina has expired, and the threat for severe weather is over for Thursday. The only counties in the WRAL viewing area that remain under a Tornado Watch is Mecklenburg, Virginia, and Northampton, North Carolina until 11 p.m. 8:15 The last remaining Tornado Warning in Warren County has been canceled. The Tornado Watch remains in effect for Cumberland, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett,…

By Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter Hillsborough, N.C. — As they braced for severe weather Thursday, the workers on an Orange County dairy farm vividly remembered their encounter with a tornado nearly two years ago. On April 19, 2019, a twister demolished two barns at Maple View Farm near Hillsborough. No employees or animals were hurt, but the farm’s owners said they hope never to have a repeat. “We were trying to plant corn [and] cut…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Two counties remained under a Tornado Warning as strong storms whipped through central North Carolina on Thursday afternoon and evening. Tornado Warnings are in effect until 8:15 p.m. for Halifax County and 8:30 p.m. for Warren County. Warnings for Durham and Orange counties expired on Thursday evening as the fierce storms moved quickly out of the area. Numerous counties including Wake, Cumberland, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Nash, Vance and…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Several counties remained under a Tornado Warning as strong storms whipped through central North Carolina on Thursday afternoon and evening. Tornado Warnings are in effect until 8:15 p.m. for Halifax County and 8:30 p.m. for Warren County. Warnings for Durham and Orange counties expired on Thursday evening as the fierce storms moved quickly out of the area. Cumberland and Harnett counties were under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8:15 p.m. as…