Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 496 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

ALAMANCE CHATHAM DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX JOHNSTON NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH VANCE WAKE WARREN WILSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APEX, ARCHDALE, ASHEBORO, BURLINGTON, CARRBORO, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, CREEDMOOR, DURHAM, ENFIELD, FRANKLINTON, GRAHAM, GREENSBORO, HENDERSON, HIGH POINT, HILLSBOROUGH, KITTRELL, KNIGHTDALE, LEXINGTON, LOUISBURG, MEBANE, NASHVILLE, NORLINA, OXFORD, PITTSBORO, PRINCEVILLE, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKY MOUNT, ROUGEMONT, ROXBORO, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA, SILER CITY, SMITHFIELD, SPRING HOPE, TARBORO, THOMASVILLE, WAKE FOREST, WARRENTON, WILSON, AND WINSTON-SALEM.