Month: July 2021

By Gilbert Baez & Adam Owens, WRAL Fayetteville reporters As Tropical Storm Elsa continued to pass through North Carolina on Thursday, the storm’s heavy rains and windy conditions toppled trees as along with it. Emmogene Perez, who had just spent her first night in her new Hope Mills home, returned to find a tree had fallen on her home. “I thought the house was on fire,” recalled Perez. “The firemen told me a tree had…

12:30 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for southwestern Edgecombe County and northeastern Wilson County until 1 p.m. A storm near Farmville was moving north at 35 mph. WRAL meteorologists Elizabeth Gardner and Zach Maloch said radar showed debris near Farmville, suggesting a tornado may have touched down in the area. 12:15 p.m. The Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse has been evacuated because of a power outage, officials said….

12 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for north-central Nash County and northeastern Franklin County until 12:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was spotted over Nashville, moving northwest at 40 mph. “This entire area, east of the Triangle, is a place we will be watching over the next couple of hours,” WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said, noting an earlier warning had been issued for part of Wayne…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Heavy rain and strong wind gusts associated with Tropical Storm Elsa are causing some damage across central North Carolina. The first rain drops in North Carolina fell around 5 a.m. but by 11 a.m. all of Elsa had arrived. Click here for continuing weather updates related to Elsa. So far, there have been no reports of serious injury or death in North Carolina associated with Elsa, but the storm has been…

11:30 a.m. Even after Tropical Storm Elsa moves on, some problems created by the storm’s rains could linger at the coast. North Carolina environmental officials advised people on Oak Island to be aware of floodwaters being pumped to the ocean surf there. The town has pumped water from area streets into the ocean, and officials said the floodwater could contain pollutants such as waste from wildlife and pets, oil and gasoline from parking lots and…

By Brian Shrader, WRAL reporter When a tornado threatens, an extra minute of warning could mean the difference between life and death. Advances in Doppler radar technology have given meteorologists a better chance of detecting tornadoes and issuing timely warnings. These days, the National Weather Service is able to warn about 10 minutes before a tornado strikes, but research indicates those lead times have plateaued in recent years. Meteorologists are searching for new ways to…

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa drenched northern Florida and southern Georgia with heavy rain Wednesday, killing at least one person near the state line and threatening to maintain tropical storm intensity until it reaches New England. To get the latest weather alerts sent straight to your phone, download the ABC11 mobile app The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph winds more than six hours after making…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia. The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph (72 kph) winds more than nine hours after making landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. The storm’s center was sweeping over eastern Georgia by 2 a.m. Thursday….