Tornado Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 680 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

ALAMANCE CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DURHAM EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GRANVILLE HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ANGIER, APEX, BUIES CREEK, BURLINGTON, CAMP MACKALL, CARRBORO, CARTHAGE, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, CLINTON, CREEDMOOR, DUNN, DURHAM, ELLERBE, ENFIELD, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, FRANKLINTON, GOLDSBORO, GRAHAM, HENDERSON, HILLSBOROUGH, HOPE MILLS, KITTRELL, KNIGHTDALE, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, LOUISBURG, MEBANE, NASHVILLE, NORLINA, OXFORD, PINEHURST, PITTSBORO, PRINCEVILLE, RAEFORD, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKINGHAM, ROCKY MOUNT, ROSEBORO, ROUGEMONT, ROXBORO, SANFORD, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA, SILER CITY, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING HOPE, SPRING LAKE, TARBORO, WAGRAM, WAKE FOREST, WARRENTON, AND WILSON.