Charlotte North Carolina News

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions the entire region: Across the Piedmont and upstate South Carolina through Thursday morning. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Periods of heavy rain are still moving across the Carolinas with the threat for flooding along rivers and lakes, especially in the mountains and foothills of North Carolina. A potentially life-threatening flood event is unfolding Wednesday and Thursday across North Carolina and South Carolina, including in Charlotte. A Flash Flood…

Life-threatening flood risk will threatens from the mountains through Charlotte and the Piedmont. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A potentially life-threatening flood event is unfolding Wednesday and Thursday across North Carolina and South Carolina, including in Charlotte, across the piedmont, foothills and in the mountains. “Everything is saturated,” said WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich.  “Even a light rain today would be a big problem.” Panovich said there will be rain, heavy at times, for the next…

“It’s really cold over us and while that keeps the severe weather threat away from us, it actually increases our heavy rain threat,” said Brad Panovich. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The entire Charlotte area remains under a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday as heavy rain is expected to last in the mountains and foothills before more rain Wednesday.  “Everything is saturated,” said Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich.  “Even a light rain today would be a big problem.”…

Wednesday will bring even more heavy rain with a greater threat of flash flooding in the Charlotte area, Brad Panovich said. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The entire Charlotte area remains under a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday as heavy rain is expected to last in the mountains and foothills before more rain Wednesday.  Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich says the heaviest rain will be in the mountains overnight with chilly rain and drizzle over most of the…

Charlotte Stormwater is asking people to clear any debris from storm drains in front of their homes ahead of flooding rains expected this week. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National Weather Service is warning against significant flooding along the Catawba River as a Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Friday morning for the mountains, foothills and Charlotte area. Rainfall totals could be as high as nine inches in the mountains and five inches in Charlotte. …

NEW ORLEANS — Arthur is no longer a tropical storm as of midday Tuesday. It became much less organized early Tuesday. The post-tropical system will continue moving farther away from the US East Coast into the Atlantic. It may eventually near Bermuda later this week as a much weakened system. The official beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1, so Arthur was a pre-season storm and the first named storm of the year…

The WCNC Weather School is back in session with a free, educational science class about equipment used to observe the weather. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The WCNC Weather School is back in session with a free, educational science class about equipment used to observe the weather. Tuesday’s lesson is from meteorologist Iisha Scott who is talking about hurricane season facts and figures.  WCNC Charlotte’s First Warn Storm Team is helping parents, students, and teachers learn from…

Tuesday afternoon and night expect another surge in heavy rain and Wednesday could be an even larger surge in rain bands. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Flash Flood Watch for the Charlotte area has been expanded to include more areas of the Piedmont as another around of heavy rain is expected Tuesday afternoon into the night. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions of Piedmont and upstate South Carolina through Thursday morning.   Several…

Tuesday afternoon and night expect another surge in heavy rain and Wednesday could be an even larger surge in rain bands. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Flash Flood Watch for the Charlotte area has been expanded to include more areas of the Piedmont as another around of heavy rain is expected Tuesday afternoon into the night. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions of Piedmont and upstate South Carolina through Thursday morning.   Several…

Tuesday afternoon and night expect another surge in heavy rain and Wednesday could be an even larger surge in rain bands. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Flash Flood Watch for the Charlotte area has been expanded to include more areas of the Piedmont as another around of heavy rain is expected Tuesday afternoon into the night. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions of Piedmont and upstate South Carolina through Thursday morning.   Several…

It is not a threat to the Gulf Coast. NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Arthur is becoming much less organized on Tuesday morning as it moves farther away from the US East Coast into the Atlantic. It will likely drop from tropical storm status later Tuesday. It is forecast to curve to the southeast around a ridge of high pressure. It may eventually near Bermuda later this week as a much weakened system. The official…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is in effect through Thursday morning for the entire area. Rainfall totals could range from three to seven inches—between today and Friday.  Look for periods of rain and some thunderstorms today, with rain heavy at times, with highs in the low 70s. More rain is likely tonight with a few thunderstorms.  Lows will be in the mid 50s. Wednesday will be much cooler, with highs in the low to mid 60s….

The entire Charlotte metro area is under a flood watch until Thursday with some areas expecting nearly a foot of rain this week. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There is a high risk of flash flooding across the western North Carolina mountains, foothills, and into parts of the Piedmont, because of an extended period of rain this week. Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich says it’s going to be a very wet week with rain in the forecast for…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There is a high risk of flash flooding across the western North Carolina mountains, foothills, and into parts of the Piedmont, because of an extended period of rain this week. Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich says it’s going to be a very wet week with rain in the forecast for the Charlotte area the next seven days. “We could see some serious rainfall,” Panovich said. Tropical Storm Arthur is moving in the Atlantic…