Author: WeatherPreppers

Radar has shown a half-dozen tornadoes in eastern and southeastern North Carolina, the National Weather Service reported. Much of the Carolinas coast has been under a daylong tornado watch. Tornadoes can form in thunderstorms embedded within a Hurricane, according the National Hurricane Center. “Almost all tropical cyclones making landfall in the United States spawn at least one tornado, provided enough of the tropical cyclones circulation moves over land,” a report by the National Oceanic and…

This story was updated at 1:15 a.m. ET It looks like Hurricane Florence is settling in for a longer-than-expected stay on the Carolinas coast. As of the 11 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center, Florence’s winds have slowed, bringing it down to a Category 1 hurricane. Its maximum sustained winds were recorded at 90 mph. In spite of that reduced strength, Florence is still considered a “life-threatening storm,” by the NHC. Florence is…

By Jessica Patrick, WRAL.com editor As parts of North Carolina begin feeling the impacts of Hurricane Florence, who will see the worst of the storm and when? At 11 p.m., Florence was about 60 miles from Wilmington and moving toward landfall at 6 mph. The storm is projected to make landfall near Wilmington as a Category 1 hurricane Friday morning.  The coast North Carolina’s coastal communities were already experiencing strong winds and rain Thursday, hours before…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) — The coastal towns of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach are prepared as they can be now that the outer bands of Hurricane Florence are hitting. Business owners in downtown Wilmington have closed and boarded up their storefronts and for good reasons. The water levels of the Cape Fear River are expected to rise and cause flooding. Wrightsville Beach has been closed since the mandatory evacuation went into effect 8 p.m. on Wednesday…

Molly Goldston knew she wanted to save dogs from county animal shelters that, because of forthcoming Hurricane Florence, might have to euthanize them. So earlier this week her Wake Forest adoption center, Saving Grace, accepted about two dozen dogs from shelters around the state and amassed a total of 124 — dozens more than it houses in a typical week. Goldston didn’t know, however, how many of the dogs she’d be able to place in…

While Florence is not as strong as it once was, it will still havemajor impacts on the local weather and across a large part of Northand South Carolina. The size of Florence has grown quite large withtropical storm-force winds cover a diameter of more than 450 miles.This immense storm is slowing and expected to just crawl once itreaches the southeast coast of North Carolina near Wilmington Fridaymorning. It will move west-southwest or southwest for a…