Overnight Storms?

The Storm Prediction Center has southeastern North Carolina outlined with a slight risk of severe weather Thursday into early Friday. That threat for our area will mainly come late tonight and early Friday morning in an area from Fayetteville to Goldsboro southeast to the coast. The severe weather threat is much higher across Mississippi, Alabama, and the Gulf Coast today, but a few storms that could produce damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are not out of the question late tonight in the slight risk area of southeastern North Carolina. While it is just a slight risk, the threat is dangerous since it will come overnight while most folks will be sleeping.

Here are the latest Hazardous Weather Outlooks from National Weather Service Offices in the slight risk area...

From the Raleigh NWS:

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF ROCKY MOUNT... FAYETTEVILLE AND LAURINBURG.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE CAROLINAS LATE THURSDAY... WHILE THE TRAILING COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA EARLY FRIDAY.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE AT NIGHT...RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS.

From the Morehead City/Newport NWS:

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES... ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

From the Wilmington NWS:

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.