Storms Possible Late Friday Afternoon and Evening

Severe storms are expected over portions of the southeast this Good Friday. The greatest threat for storms will come this afternoon over northern Georgia and western South Carolina. However, those storms will move into North Carolina this afternoon bringing our area a "slight risk" for severe weather particular during the late afternoon and evening hours.

Here's the hazardous weather outlook from the Raleigh National Weather Service this morning -

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE EASTWARD THROUGH VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES... WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SUCH GUSTS COULD TOSS AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON... THEN TRACK EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES NEAR WADESBORO... ALBEMARLE... TROY... ROCKINGHAM... AND LAURINBURG. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 3 AM TONIGHT.

EVERYONE IN THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON... BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND 3 AM THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY TUNED AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH.