Tornadoes possible Sunday morning in North Carolina, March 16, 2025
Updated: 12:47 AM EDT Mar 16, 2025
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT PERTAINS TO THIS SYSTEM HEADING OUR WAY? YEAH, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WEATHER ALERTS AND A WAY TO GET THEM WHILE WE’RE SLEEPING, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO COME IN OVERNIGHT, AND THERE’S A CHANCE THAT IT COULD SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE TIMING STILL IS ABOUT 6 A.M. WHEN A LOT OF FOLKS MAY BE SLEEPING ON A SUNDAY MORNING, OR TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA REST. SO HAVE THOSE WEATHER ALERTS READY TO GO. MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE VOLUME IS UP. A LOT OF FOLKS GET THEIR WEATHER ALERTS ON THEIR DIGITAL DEVICES. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T FORGET TO TURN THAT VOLUME UP TONIGHT SO YOU CAN BE ALERTED. IF WE HAVE TORNADO WARNINGS AND THERE IS A RISK OF THAT. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. IT’S A POWERFUL SYSTEM. WE’RE CALLING IT A MONSTER STORM. AND THAT IS THE CASE. WE’VE HAD MORE THAN 1200 SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. WE NOW HAVE WIND ALERTS UP. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE WEST, MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WE’RE EXPECTING TO SEE THIS UNTIL 2:00. ALSO FOR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD NOW WITH GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR, LIMBS CAN COME DOWN. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, AND WE’RE ALREADY BEGINNING TO SEE SOME BIG CHANGES UP IN OUR MOUNTAINS. AS YOU CAN SEE, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA NOW JUST NUDGING INTO NORTH CAROLINA’S MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CASHIERS AND CHEROKEE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OUT AHEAD OF THIS HAVE BROUGHT IN FLASH FLOODING, LOTS OF TORNADOES. AND LOOK AT THAT. MORE THAN 1169 REPORTS SO FAR. AND THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDWEST AND THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. SO IT IS A MESS OUT THERE. WE’RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THESE SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT. NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE BIG THREATS FOR FOLKS AS IT ROLLS INTO PARTS OF GEORGIA TONIGHT IN ATLANTA. SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE’LL SEE SOME REDUCTION WITH LOSING THAT DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER, WE HAVE JUST SUCH GOOD FUEL COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE WATER VAPOR LOOP, AND YOU SEE SOME SPINNING TOO IN THOSE MID LEVELS. AND THAT’S WHERE WE’RE GETTING INTO TROUBLE. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL SMALL STORMS IN THE MID LEVELS ROLL THROUGH. WE ALSO HAVE STRONG WINDS. AND THEN THAT PUTS US IN A SLIGHT RISK A LEVEL TWO. SO WE’RE NOT IN THE KIND OF RISK AREA THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN OUT TO OUR WEST. BUT IT DOES MEAN WE STILL HAVE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND THREATS. YOU CAN EXPECT THIS TO DEVELOP BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AROUND 6 A.M., LASTING TO AT LEAST NOON IN THE EASTERN TRIAD. AND REMEMBER, THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO ROLL IN RAPIDLY, AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE WIND GUSTS, NON THUNDERSTORM BEFORE THESE SEVERE THREATS DEVELOP. SO NOT EVERYONE MAY SEE A SHOWER OR STORM, BUT THOSE WHO DO COULD EXPECT TO SEE 1 OR 2 BECOME SEVERE OUT THERE. SO WIND ADVISORIES AND NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS 30 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL AFTERNOON SEVERE RISK TOO. SO THERE MAY BE ONE MORE LINE THAT TRIES TO GET GOING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TO THE EAST YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWER. CHANCES ARE BUILDING OVERNIGHT FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS. AND THEN EVENTUALLY, AS THAT COLD FRONT GETS GOING AND PUSHING A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE EAST, WE’VE GOT SHOWERS AND STORMS FORMING. WE MAY SEE SOME STRONG CELLS DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, FILLING IN OVER NORTH WILKESBORO YADKINVILLE BETWEEN ABOUT 6 TO 8 A.M. SO THIS IS WHEN THINGS ARE GETTING GOING FROM THE WEST. THOSE LINES START TO LINE UP BETWEEN 8 AND 10:00. AND REMEMBER, TIMING MAY CHANGE. IT COULD SHIFT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER OR A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO YOU WANT TO CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST DYLAN HUDLER IN THE MORNING TO IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT ON THE ROADS, WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING INTO BEFORE YOU GO. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS, THOUGH, TEND TO ABOUT 11 A.M., STARTING TO RAPIDLY LIFT OVER AREAS LIKE REIDSVILLE, YANCEYVILLE, AND THEN THEY’RE PUSHING EAST. SO HEADING OUT TOWARD RALEIGH. HERE COMES THAT FRONT. THAT’S THE FIRST ONE. THEN BETWEEN ABOUT 2 TO 5:00, WE’LLHAVE ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS THAT MAY GET GOING. WE HAVEN’T SEEN IT IN THIS LATEST RUN HERE, BUT LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES TO WARM NICELY BACK INTO THE 70S. WE WERE WEDGED IN TODAY WITH THE CLOUDS KEEPING US IN THE 60S. BUT NOT SEEING THAT ON THIS LATEST RUN. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN AVOID HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT SECOND LINE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR SOME SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TEN AND 11, UNTIL WE FINALLY SEE THAT UPPER LOW BEGIN TO PULL AWAY. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW AT 64, IN HIGH POINT, 63 IN KERNERSVILLE, AND HIGHS TODAY WERE ONLY IN THE 60S BECAUSE WE HAD THAT FRONT THAT WAS SITTING TO THE SOUTH. THAT’S LIFTING OUT. WE’RE STARTING TO PUMP IN SOME WARMER AIR, AND A LOT OF MOISTURE COULD BRING IN SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AND WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES AT 74 DEGREES BY THE AFTERNOON. OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND ANY SEVERE THREATS WILL BE EARLY IN THE MORNING FROM ABOUT 6 A.M. FOR FOLKS IN THE FOOTHILLS ALL THE WAY THROUGH, ABOUT 10 A.M. THERE AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, A SIMILAR CONDITIONS WE EXPECT TO SEE IMPROVING WEATHER A LITTLE LATER, BUT THE WINDS WILL BE WITH US AT LEAST THROUGH 2:00. WITH THAT WIND ADVISORY. LOOK AT THE WINDS JUST SCREAMING OVERHEAD, MID LEVEL AND LOW LEVEL JET STREAM WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 75 TO 100MPH. IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTENSE MORNING AND IT MAY BE NOISY FOR YOU. WE ALSO HAVE SUPERCELL POSSIBILITIES WITH THOSE GUSTS ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR FOR EARLY PART OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES. THOSE GUSTS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN THOSE ZONES. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR RAINFALL TOTALS, TOO. THAT COULD COME IN ANYWHERE FROM A HALF AN INCH TO MORE THAN AN INCH IN SPOTS AS WE LOOK AT THAT. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR WEATHER ALERTS TURNED ON ON YOUR PHONE. ALSO, HAVE A WAY TO REACH THOSE ALERTS OR MAK SURE YOUR VOLUME IS UP TONIGHT. SEVEN DAY FORECAST SHOWS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE STRETCHING OUT WITH 60S ON MONDAY. IT’S BREEZY. WE HAVE 71 ON TUESDAY, 64 ON THURSDAY,
Tornadoes possible Sunday morning in North Carolina, March 16, 2025
Updated: 12:47 AM EDT Mar 16, 2025
Sunday brings risks of isolated tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain from severe storms in North Carolina while residents may be sleeping. A wind advisory is also in effect until 2 p.m. for wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Related Stories
Sunday brings risks of isolated tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain from severe storms in North Carolina while residents may be sleeping. A wind advisory is also in effect until 2 p.m. for wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour.
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