Active Weather Ahead

News 14 Carolina's newsrooms have been buzzing over the last several days preparing for yesterday's primary election. Over the coming days, it may be our weather centers that are buzzing tracking strong to severe storms across the state. A couple of weather systems will be tracking toward North Carolina bringing the chance for storms late Thursday into Friday and again for Mother's Day.

The National Weather Service outlines the severe weather threat in this morning's hazardous weather statement posted below --

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
519 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2008

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519 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER TWO TO POSSIBLY THREE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO OCCUR. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... MAINLY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.