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Possible tornado, heavy rain makes a Monday mess across North Carolina
Flooding and damaging winds made a mess for residents across central North Carolina on Monday.
WRAL meteorologist made Monday a WRAL Weather Alert Day due to the potential for heavy rain, with some areas potentially seeing up to four inches through Tuesday morning.
The damaging winds left many in Edgecombe County surprised.
“I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad,” said Chyna Warren, who lives in the county.
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Edgecombe County. The first warning came in around 5:11 p.m., while a second was issued around 5:48 p.m.
While the NWS hasn’t confirmed if a tornado touched down, several residents said they saw debris in front yards and snapped tree branches.
Some of the winds were strong enough to uproot trees and land on homes.
“I didn’t know a tree had fell until my neighbor came over and told me it caved in on my house,” Warren said.
Eva Martin said she and her mother were traveling to her senior meeting when they saw what appeared to be a possible tornado.
“We saw it, turned around and said, ‘nope,'” Martin said. “I saw a bunch of dark clouds in one spot and when we got from behind the trees, it looked like a big tornado.”
Other residents in Princeville saw trees fall as the strong winds moved through the area.
In Cary, a tree fell on a duplex on Templeton Street around 1 p.m.
No one from either family who lived there was hurt, but they said they won’t be able to go back there for a while.
The Cary Fire Department described the scene as “significant damage.”
Marc Gibson said the crash sounded “like a box truck colliding with a branch.” His neighbors, he said, “were pretty heartbroken, more scared than anything.” Gibson said there was no indication that the tree was weak and ready to fall.
In Robeson County, a crash on Interstate 95 near Parkton had the southbound lanes closed and traffic at a standstill for hours.
The rain is expected to continue through Tuesday, and the NWS has sent out flood advisories in a few counties.