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Slow-moving storms prompt flooding concerns

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Wake County on Monday afternoon as slow-moving storms dumped rain across the region.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Wake County on Monday afternoon as slow-moving storms dumped rain across the region.

The warning continues through 7:30 p.m., with 1 to 2 inches of rain expected to drop on urban areas that are either saturated from recent storms or have plenty of concrete surfaces that create stormwater runoff.

Elsewhere in the region, the Weather Service issued flood advisories.

The risk for severe storms was minimal, WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze said, but isolated storms could drop heavy rain on locations across the region.

"Plan for some hit-and-miss thunderstorms through the evening commute, till about 9 o'clock," meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth said.

One flood advisory, which lapsed at 5:15 p.m., covered much of Durham County, along with southeast Orange County and southern Granville County. Maze said rain was coming down at 2 inches per hour there.

A second advisory lasts until 9:15 p.m. in central Cumberland County.

People who live near Mount Olive reported seeing a funnel cloud. Maze said Weather Service officials were investigating, although preliminary information showed no wind rotation in the area.

Drier air moves into the region on Tuesday, Wilmoth said, dropping rain chances to 20 percent.

"Perhaps put that umbrella away for one day," she said, noting rain chances jump back up to 40 percent on Wednesday.

Rain chances drop again late in the week.

The cloud cover kept a lid on hot weather, with temperatures topping out in the mid- to upper 80s.

"Temperatures just depend on if you've had some rain," Wilmoth said.

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Overnight lows are forecast in the upper 60s and low 70s, and some patchy fog could develop, she said.

Central North Carolina settles back into a summer weather pattern later in the week, with highs in the 90s and chances for afternoon thunderstorms.

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