Line of heavy thunderstorm to impact North Carolina, Triad Wednesday
Meteorologists Brian Slocum & Dylan Hudler time out Wednesday’s severe weather risks
Updated: 5:42 AM EST Mar 5, 2025
OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER ALERT DAY THAT WE HAVE ON TAP. OF COURSE, TRACKING ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO ADRIAN IN A MOMENT. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS, THOUGH, BREAKING DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THIS. YEAH, DYLAN DID A GREAT JOB BEFORE THE BREAK, TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS NORMALLY WHEN YOU SEE A SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION, YOU KIND OF FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THIS IS COMING IN MUCH, MUCH SOONER THAN THAT. IN FACT, WE COULD HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE I-77 CORRIDOR, THE WESTERN EDGE OF I-40, MAYBE FORSYTH COUNTY. BY THE TIME PEOPLE ARE COMMUTING THIS MORNING. SO IT’S SOMETHING TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW. SHOWERS ARE MOVING IN. THE RAIN IS REALLY FILLING IN OVER PORTIONS OF WILKES COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE DOWN TO THE SOUTH. WE HAVE THAT KIND OF HEAVY LINE. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE STORM DRIVEN WINDS ARE GOING TO BE TODAY. BUT WIND IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MOMENT. WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN LINES LIKE THIS ARE BREAKS IN THE LINES. HERE’S ONE OVER GEORGIA NOW. AND THIS AREA HERE IS WHERE YOU YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO SEE KIND OF MORE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THOSE STORMS. AND THIS TENDS TO BE THE AREAS IN THESE BREAKS WHERE BRIEF TORNADOES CAN SPIN UP. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR THOSE AS THAT LINE STARTS TO TRACK INTO OUR AREA LATER THIS MORNING. IT’S MOSTLY WEST OF I-77 RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE A OUR FIRST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN THE CAROLINAS THAT IS FOR THE GREENVILLE AREA. NOTICE THERE’S A BREAK IN THE LINE IN THAT AREA TO WHERE THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE MORE INTENSE, A LITTLE MORE CIRCULATION, AND THAT IN THAT AREA. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE WATCHING TOO. YOU’LL NOTICE A BIG CHANGE IN HOW THE WEATHER FEELS THIS MORNING. IT’S WARMER AND IT’S A MORE HUMID DEW POINTS. TEMPERATURES HAVE SHOT UP WITH THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW. IT’S BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS OR SO. YOU CAN SEE RAIN IS STARTING TO MOVE IN. IT’S GOING TO MOVE IN VERY QUICKLY TODAY ALONG THAT MAIN LINE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THAT WARM FRONT WILL BE LIFTING IN TODAY AND WILL BRING ABOUT POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS. THIS LINE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EASTWARD, RAISING THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER HERE LOCALLY AS IT DOES SO. LET’S TIME THIS OUT FOR YOU. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING CLOSE TO 60 UPPER 50S EARLY ON. THIS SHOULD START TO CROSS OUR AREA. SEVEN 8:00 THIS MORNING FOCUSED ON THE I-77 CORRIDOR AND POINTS WEST. THEN THIS BEGINS TO RACE THROUGH YADKIN COUNTY INTO SURRY AND THEN STARTS TO CROSS THROUGH THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. THE WINDOW FOR THAT IS PROBABLY 7 OR 8:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 9 OR 10, AND THEN THE LAST OF IT SHOULD BEGIN TO PULL FREE FROM PLACES LIKE GUILFORD, ROCKINGHAM, CASWELL, ALAMANCE, RANDOLPH, MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. WE FULLY EXPECT THE STRMS TO BE MOST INTENSE AS THEY’RE MOVING THROUGH THOSE AREAS MID TO LATE MORNING AND EXITING AROUND LUNCHTIME. LATER TODAY, WE COULD SEE A FEW SPOTTY KIND OF GUSTY SHOWERS DEVELOPING, MAYBE A LITTLE LIGHTNING HERE AND THERE, AND THAT SHOULD BEGIN TO WIND DOWN DURING THE EVENING. I CAN’T EVEN RULE OUT SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT FROM THOSE STIFF BREEZES THAT WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND SOME LITTLE LEFTOVER MOISTURE. THE ALERT AREA IS MAINLY IN THE ORANGE AREA, AND IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES I JUST MENTIONED. BUT NOTICE HOW THE SITUATION GETS A LITTLE MORE DIRE AS WE GO INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING HOURS TODAY, SO WE’LL START TO SEE THIS RAMPING UP ACROSS SURRY, YADKIN, EVEN DAVIE COUNTY. WE CAN’T RULE OUT A BRIEF TORNADO WARNINGS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. THE MAIN THREAT IS GOING TO BE FOR SOME DAMAGING WINDS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TRIAD. BUT AGAIN, TORNADOES ARE GOING TO BE A POSSIBILITY TODAY. NOW, SOMETHING TO REALLY KEEP IN MIND TODAY IS THAT THE WINDS THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN. WE’LL BRING IN METEOROLOGIST DYLAN BUTLER. THIS IS A BIT OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION, DYLAN, BUT HIGH WINDS ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. OH YEAH. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA, BRIAN. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COVERAGE AREA DEALING WITH THOSE STRONG WINDS TODAY. AND IT’S REALLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST TO THIS IS OUR FIRST BIG DYNAMIC SPRINGTIME STORM SYSTEM OF THE YEAR THIS SPRING. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW WIDESPREAD AND FAR REACHING THOSE WIND ALERTS ARE HERE LOCALLY. THE MOUNTAINS, AS WELL AS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD UNDER A WIND ADVISORY. BUT AGAIN, EVERYONE DEALING WITH THOSE GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD REACH UP TO 40 OR 50MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING. AND THEN THOSE GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SOME OF THESE WIND GUSTS COULD BE ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SOME TREES, CAUSE SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IT WILL BE WINDY ALL DAY TODAY AND EVEN INTO OUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. IT STAYS WINDY AS WELL, SO GET READY FOR A WINDY NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT TO XPECT ON OUR WEATHER ALERT DAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. WIND GUSTS WILL BE HIGH. WE ALSO HAVE A DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL AS WELL AS FEW TORNADO WARNINGS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A CONCERN AS WELL. NOT A FUN COMMUTE TO WORK IF YOU CAN. MAYBE WAIT, HOLD OFF A COUPLE HOURS, WAIT FOR THIS LINE OF STORMS TO PASS UNTIL YOU GET OUT THERE ON THE ROADS. SO WE WILL HAVE THE SUNSHINE RETURNING BY THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. OUR NE
Line of heavy thunderstorm to impact North Carolina, Triad Wednesday
Meteorologists Brian Slocum & Dylan Hudler time out Wednesday’s severe weather risks
Updated: 5:42 AM EST Mar 5, 2025
A line of heavy thunderstorms that caused widespread wind damage across the South on Tuesday is now moving through the Carolinas. Expect the line to intensify this morning as it sweeps east. Primary impact is expected to come between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. The greatest risk for high winds and brief tornadoes will be in the eastern half of the Triad.
A line of heavy thunderstorms that caused widespread wind damage across the South on Tuesday is now moving through the Carolinas. Expect the line to intensify this morning as it sweeps east. Primary impact is expected to come between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. The greatest risk for high winds and brief tornadoes will be in the eastern half of the Triad.
