NC Emergency Management: Possibility of severe weather Thursday

The forecast is shaping up to bring us a wet Thursday with a slight chance of severe weather.

Rain is likely starting around 5AM Thursday and continuing until around 2PM after which thunderstorms are possible through the evening. The rain is expected to subside Friday morning.

The NC Emergency Management office indicates that Winston-Salem is very close to the slight risk to enhanced risk area for scattered severe storms.

From the National Weather Service:

There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms late morning through
the afternoon Thursday. The risk of strong to severe thunderstorms
appears to be greatest south of a line from Charlotte to Goldsboro,
with lesser threat to the north. This risk may very well change as
this system evolves tonight and Thursday.

There may be another risk of a few strong to severe thunderstorms on
Saturday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Thursday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging winds and large hail. #ncwx pic.twitter.com/IunjY8Qbgg

— NWS Raleigh (@NWSRaleigh) April 22, 2020

It was just over a week ago that storms battered the Triad area with a tornado confirmed in Alamance County.

Please seek shelter if your home is forecast to be impacted by severe weather.