Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 608 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

ANSON CUMBERLAND HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY WAYNE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALBEMARLE, ANGIER, BUIES CREEK, CAMP MACKALL, CARTHAGE, CLAYTON, CLINTON, DUNN, ELLERBE, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, GOLDSBORO, HOPE MILLS, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, PINEHURST, POLKTON, RAEFORD, ROCKINGHAM, ROSEBORO, SANFORD, SELMA, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING LAKE, TROY, WADESBORO, AND WAGRAM.