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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — After bringing life-threatening flash flooding to the Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Claudette will be moving quickly toward North Carolina Sunday. First Alert Meteorologist Steve Stewart said the system could be arriving in the state as early as Monday morning. There will be rain throughout the state Sunday way ahead of the storm. Rain could be heavy at times and there could be a threat for an isolated tornado early Monday morning….

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Tropical Storm Claudette has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring rain and strong storms to parts of the southeast, including North Carolina. Claudette formed early Saturday morning. The storm’s maximum sustained winds strengthened to 45 miles per hour on Friday night. The system is moving north-northeast at 12 miles per hour and was about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans at about…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Tropical Storm Claudette has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring rain and strong storms to parts of the southeast, including North Carolina. Claudette formed early Saturday morning. The storm’s winds strengthened to 45 miles per hour on Friday night. The system is moving north-northeast at 12 miles per hour. Rain has begun falling along the Gulf Coast, and there is a high…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Tropical Storm Claudette has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring rain and strong storms to parts of the southeast, including North Carolina. Claudette formed early Saturday morning. The storm’s winds strengthened to 45 miles per hour on Friday night. The system is moving north-northeast at 12 miles per hour. Rain has begun falling along the Gulf Coast, and there is a high…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Potential tropical cyclone three has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring rain and strong storms to parts of the southeast, including North Carolina. As of 5 a.m. on Friday, the system is still a potential tropical cyclone with no closed or defined surface circulation. Once that develops, it will most likely become a tropical depression (if wind speeds are below 39 miles…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The tropical system headed for the Gulf Coast could bring rain to North Carolina at the start of next week. According to the National Hurricane Center, Potential Tropical Cyclone 3 is located about 300 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. It has sustained winds of 35 miles per hour and is speeding up. It’s now moving north at about 14 miles per hour, which is good because the faster it goes…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to a three-year contract extension with head coach Rod Brind’Amour. Brind’Amour has led the Hurricanes to the playoffs in each of his first three seasons. This most recent season his team finished the regular season with the second best record in the league. There was little doubt that Brind’Amour would get an extension this offseason, and after signing the extension he said there was never a thought…

By ANITA SNOW , Associated Press PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of high pressure hovered over a large swath of the region, pushing temperatures into the triple digits this week and intensifying the risk for wildfires amid a long-running drought. Some of the highest temperatures were seen in bone-dry Arizona, where the National Weather Service forecast a…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Tropical Depression Bill formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday night, and is moving away from the coast of North Carolina. Winds from the storm are as high as 60 mph. The storm is expected to run into cooler sea surface temperatures and weaken as it moves north and east. “It is racing toward the northeast at almost 40 miles per hour,” said WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth. Because the system…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Three systems are on the radar for the National Hurricane Center as we move into the third week of the 2021 hurricane season. Tropical Storm Bill has sustained winds of 50 miles per hour with gusts up to 65 miles per hour, but none of that really matters to central North Carolina. That’s because Bill is a few hundred miles off the coast and getting farther–it’s also expected to start weakening…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The second tropical depression of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season has developed into Tropical Storm Bill. Earlier Monday, the National Hurricane Center announced that the low pressure system had officially became Tropical Depression Two. Click here for the latest weather forecast. This storm, much like the first of the season Ana, will not pose a threat to people or property on land. Monday 11pm Update: We have a new Tropical Storm….

Are you ready for hurricane season? We’re helping you prepare. Monday at 6:30 p.m., ABC11 will host a virtual roundtable about hurricane season featuring the First Alert Weather team and Meteorologist Nick Patro from Raleigh’s National Weather Service office. You can watch here on ABC11.com, the ABC11 mobile app or the ABC11 North Carolina streaming app. ABC’s Ginger Zee was scheduled to attend but she is on assignment to cover extreme heat. You can watch…

By Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer The official start of hurricane season only began weeks ago, and already a tropical depression has formed off the coast of North Carolina. With maximum sustained winds near 35mph, it is expected to become a tropical storm by Monday night. Before the season even became, Subtropical Storm Ana formed in the Atlantic Ocean on May 21. The storm did not have much of an impact on the United States,…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Sunday’s weather was warm, breezy and less humid than the past week has been. Temperatures reached 87 degrees, but it still felt pleasant outside. But we hope you enjoyed the sunshine, because Monday our chance of rain returns. Monday is expected to be warm, with scattered showers across the Triangle. Some of our communities are under a Level 1 risk for severe weather on Monday. That means…