The National Weather Service Raleigh has issued a flood watch for several counties across central North Carolina Thursday. A flood watch was issued for Person, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Chatham, Wake,

A tornado watch has been issued for Hampton Roads and North Carolina as Hurricane Helene, now downgraded to a tropical storm, makes its way across the southern United States. Tornadoes and damaging wind gusts are possible until 6 p.

Outer bands of Hurricane Helene could bring potentially severe weather to northeast North Carolina and Hampton Roads, starting Friday afternoon.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Tornado Watch for much of the region throughout Friday. Helene slams the South with wind, rain and flooding after coming ashore as a Category 4 storm

On Friday at 8:05 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in effect until 6 p.m. The watch is for Cabarrus, Mecklenburg and Union counties.

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast, making landfall late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing with 140 mph winds, torrential rain and a record storm surge before moving inland across Georgia and the Carolinas.