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Sunday evening storm risk in North Carolina

Sunday evening storm risk in North Carolina
THANK YOU MATTHEW. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND NOW LAINEY IS GOING TO BE A NICE WEEKEND OR NICE WEEK TO SPEND OUTSIDE WITH. YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO BE NICE OUT THERE. IT WILL BE. ONCE WE GET THIS FRONT THROUGH HERE. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY, BUT THEN A WARM UP. SO WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME HIGHS IN THE 70S. YOU’LL HAVE PLENTY OF OUTDOOR DAYS KIND OF STORMY IN SPOTS. TODAY WE HAD SOME RAIN OF COURSE OUT THERE THIS MORNING MOVING OVER GREENSBORO THAT FROM MONROE O.HENRY HOTEL KAMREN GUZZI FRIENDLY CENTRE THERE. NOTICE THE CAMERA TOO SHAKING MUCH OF THE DAY AS THE GUSTY WINDS ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US NO LONGER UNDER A WIND ADVISORY. THOSE GUSTS SHOULD BE AT 30 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS. UNLESS YOU’RE UNDERNEATH ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SO WE DO HAVE THAT STORM WINDOW BETWEEN NOW AND 9:00. THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE STORMS, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE GUSTY WINDS. SO WE NOW HAVE SOME ACTIVE WEATHER ON THE RADAR DOWN TO THE SOUTH. IN PARTICULAR, A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT IS OUT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SO COMMUNITY OF TROY, THIS STORM IS NORTH OR SHOULD SAY SOUTH AND WEST OF YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE BRIGHT WHITE THAT’S SHOWING UP HERE ON REFLECTIVITY, ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS ONE. AND THESE STORMS ARE RACING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR. SO DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE GREATER WITH THIS STORM IS UNDER A WARNING UNTIL 7.30. THIS ONE COULD CARRY INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY AND ALAMANCE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR MORE. SO WE’LL KEEP WATCHING THAT ONE AS WELL. WE DO HAVE THAT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE NEWSCAST. THAT TORNADO THREAT HAS KIND OF SHIFTED TO THE EAST, BUT WE’RE RIGHT ON THE FRINGE HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. THERE IS A LOT OF SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE, WINDS CHANGING DIRECTION. THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF SPEED SHEAR, REALLY STRONG WINDS UPSTAIRS. AND ALL IT TAKES IS FOR ONE OF THESE STORMS TO ACTUALLY BRING SOME OF THAT WIND DOWN TO THE GROUND. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE’RE WATCHING. WE ALSO HAVE SOME COLD AIR ALOFT. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME HAILSTONES, AS THIS FRONT IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING WITH THIS ONE. THIS IS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THEY’RE NOT ISSUING A WARNING ON THIS ONE YET. THE WINDS ARE AT 50 MILES AN HOUR, 60 MILES AN HOUR WOULD BE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. BUT THIS ONE ALSO CREATING A LOT OF WIND AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT ARE KIND OF LINING UP OUR WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. WE’VE GOT STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR, AND WE HAVE SOME VERY JUICY, UNSTABLE AIR TO THE EAST WHERE WE’VE GOTTEN THINGS REALLY WARM TODAY INTO THE MID 70S. DEW POINTS IN THE 60S. SO THAT’S WHY IT’S SUPPORTING SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT WARMER AS YOU MOVE TO THE EAST. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE SEEING THAT SHIFT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY TO OUR EAST. BUT WE’RE NOT QUITE OUT OF THE WOODS YET. WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THIS FRONT COME THROUGH. IT’S NOT GOING TO COME THROUGH UNTIL OVERNIGHT. BUT I DO THINK THE WINDOW FOR STORMS IS BETWEEN NOW AND ABOUT 9:00 ACROSS OUR AREA. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FRONT IS SOME MUCH COOLER AIR. SO THAT’S WHY TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL FIND OURSELVES IN THE 40S. BUT NOTICE TOMORROW AFTERNOON SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER THAN TODAY FOR YOUR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. IT’S BREEZY WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND HIGHS ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S TOMORROW, SO IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE COOLER, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE IN THE MOUNTAINS. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S IN THE MORNING. HIGHS THAT ARE ONLY IN THE 40S. HERE’S YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE ARE COOLER AND CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY, BUT THEN WARMING UP AGAIN INTO THE 70S. BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING ON THURSDAY. YOU’RE WATCHIN
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Sunday evening storm risk in North Carolina
Severe storms possible Sunday evening in North Carolina

Severe storms possible Sunday evening in North Carolina

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