Tornado warning issued for Warren, Vance counties
>>> THERE YOU GO, THE TORNADO
WARNING THAT'S BEEN ISSUED IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9:45.
THE THREAT TRACKER IS SHOWING
THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL,
BUT NOT ALL THAT LARGE, SHOWING
THE POSSIBILITY OF HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER HAIL, PROBABLY THE SIZE
OF NICKEL TOWARDS SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA AND RAINFALL RATES
ABOUT EIGHT-TENTHS OF AN HOUR
TOWARDS THE TRIANGLE AND THE
HILLS, THE POTENTIAL OF SOME
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT
TRACKER AGAIN AND EVERYWHERE YOU
SEE PURPLE HEADING THROUGH
DURHAM, WESTERN WAKE COUNTY,
FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE SANDHILLS
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HALF-INCH
DIAMETER HAIL, SO IN THIS REGION
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR JUST HAIL.
I'LL CHANGE OVER TO THE
VELOCITIES HERE, TOO, AND WE'RE
NOT SEEING ANY ROTATION
APPROACHING SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY
AND APPROACHING OUR VIEWING
AREA, BUT IT'S TOWARDS SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA, WE ARE NOTICING --
BEAR WITH ME.
IT'S THIS AREA HERE UP IN WARREN
COUNTY SHOWING THAT LITTLE BIT
OF ROTATION, BUT IT'S NOT
LOOKING QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS
IT WAS JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO
WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON THE AIR.
A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR PARTS OF VANCE AND WARREN
COUNTY UNTIL 9:45.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
INDICATING THE POTENTIAL OF A
TORNADO ON THE RADAR.
WE CAN SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE IMPACTED.
YOU SAW NORLINA JUST TO THE
NORTH, SO ON THE CURRENT
FORECAST PACT TRAJECTORY, IT
WOULD SKILL TO THE WEST AND
IMPACT THE RIDGE WAY -- SKIP TO
THE WEST AND IMPACT THE RIDGE
WAY AREA.
THERE'S TORNADO IN EFFECT UNTIL
9:45, AND AMY HAS BEEN
MONITORING THIS, AS WELL.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE CHAT
ROOM?
>> WE'VE NOT REALLY SEEN
ANYTHING FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE CHAT PAGE BUT I
WANT TO SHOW THE TORNADO WATCH
THAT'S IN EFFECT THAT DOES
INCLUDE A GOOD PORTION OF THE
VIEWING AREA UNTIL 11:00, SO
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LEFT OF
A TORNADO WATCH WHERE WE COULD
SEE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND
PERHAPS SOME ISOLATED TORNADOS,
BUT THE ROTATION TO ME, IS
LOOKING A LITTLE BIT WEAK WITH
THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM, BUT
HERE'S A BROAD LOOK AT THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT
STALLED INTO THE WESTERN
COUNTIES AND WASN'T GOING
ANYWHERE AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S
FINALLY STARTING TO MAKE SOME
EASTWARD PROGRESS.
THIS IS THE ONE-HOUR RAINFALL
RATE AND NOTICE HOW SOME OF
THESE ARE FAIRLY HIGH TOTALS
JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, SO
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME ISOLATED TORNADOS, WE HAVE
A FLOOD THREAT WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT AND WE WANT YOU TO MAKE
SURE YOU'RE VERY SAY TONIGHT AND
DON'T DRIVE INTO ANY FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
WE'VE SEEN REPORTS OF FLOODED
ROADS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE A FLASH FLOOD IN EFFECT
AND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE
ENTIRE VIEWING AREA UNTIL 2:00
A.M.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
LIKELY.
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FALL
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
WHILE WE COULD HAVE AN ISOLATED
TORNADO, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S
GOING TO BE A RATHER LARGE STORM
THREAT, AS IT SLOWLY MAKES ITS
EASTWARD PROGRESS AND IT HAS
BEEN VERY SLOWLY SO FAR.
THEY'VE CANCELED THE TORNADO
WARNING FOR VANCE, CONTINUING
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN
COUNTY.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO YOU WITH
AN UPDATE ON THE RADAR PICTURE.
>> AND WE USE THE VELOCITIES TO
SEE THE RAINDROPS INSIDE OF A
THUNDERSTORM AND WE LOOK FOR THE
RAINDROPS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM
THE RADAR SITE AND OVER THE LAST
SCAN WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT
COUPLET THAT WE SAW SO WE'LL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND IT
HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR VANCE
COUNTY.
THE POLYGON IS NOT SHOWING UP.
THE TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9:45.
THAT WOULD LACK RESPONSIBILITY
IF WE WENT OFF THE AIR.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN NOTICING IS THE
DEFINITIVE MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE
OFF TOWARD THE EAST.
NOW, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE
VIDEO FROM GREENSBORO AND COLLIN
IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE LATEST
AND WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN ABOUT THE
DAMAGE.
>> THIS WAS SEVERAL HOURS AGO,
JUST PAST 7:00, AS THE STORM
ROLLED THROUGH GREENSBORO AND
YOU'VE SEEN THIS SHOT FROM A
CELL PHONE OF A TORNADO AS IT
WAS TOUCHING DOWN IN GREENSBORO.
WE JUST HAD CONFIRMATION FROM
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LEADERS IN
GREENSBORO THAT AT LEAST ONE
PERSON HAS DIED WHEN A TREE FELL
ON TOP OF A VEHICLE KILLING A
MOTORIST, SO AT LEAST ONE DEATH
AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE
PICTURES OF THE AFTERMATH.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
WE SEE ROOFS RIPPED OFF THERE OF
THE HOMES IN N THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TREES DOWN ON HOMES.
A LOT OF THEM SNAPPED.
MANY OF THEM JUST UPROOTED.
YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE INSIDE HOMES,
SO POWER LINES DOWN, WE
UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN A THOUSAND CALLS TO 911
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE
TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN THERE IN
GREENSBORO.
SOME SCHOOLS IN GREENSBORO WILL
NOT BE GOING MAINLY BECAUSE OF
POWER OUTAGES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ALL OVER THE PARTICULAR
AREA.
BUT AGAIN MIKE LET'S CHECK BACK
WITH YOU TO FIND OUT WHERE WE
STAND THERE IN WARREN COUNTY.
>> THE WARNING IS STILL ONGOING
AND I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT YOU
TALKED ABOUT AND GO ON TIME AND
LOOK AT THE RADAR AND I WANT TO
SET THIS UP SO WE CAN SEE WHERE
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN.
I'VE GOT TO GO BACK AT LEAST
FOUR HOURS AND LOOK AT THE
TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THAT
AREA BECAUSE WE CAN SEE IT
SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE DOPPLER
RADAR, IS WE CAN SEE ESPECIALLY
THE DUAL WHOLE PRODUCTS WE CAN
SEE DEBRIS INSIDE OF A
THUNDERSTORM.
LET'S ZOOM IN AND WE HAD THAT
VIDEO FROM NORTH CAROLINA A, AND
T, WHICH IS ON THE NORTHEASTERN
SIDE OF GREENSBORO AND WHAT YOU
SEE IN BLUE IS THE DEBRIS THAT'S
SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR.
LET ME BACK THIS UP ONE MORE
FRAME AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE,
OKAY, AT 5:10, YOU'RE NOT SEEING
THE DEBRIS BALL.
A, AND T IS WHERE YOU SEE U.S.
70 AND BESMER AND EDGEVILLE.
AT 5:13, THERE'S THE DEBRIS
SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR.
THERE'S 5:14, THERE'S 5:15,
THERE'S 5:18.
THE TORNADO STAYS ON THE GROUND
FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES OR SO.
5:23, WE'RE NOTICING THE DEBRIS
BALL NOT QUITE AS STRONG.
YOU SEE THE DEBRIS SHOWING UP.
WE HAVE THE TORNADO STILL
SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR AND YOU
SEE THE SPINNING CIRCLE, THAT'S
THE RADAR INDICATING ROTATION,
SO WHEN WE GET PAST 5:30, THE
DEBRIS SIGNATURE DISAPPEARS.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS,
LET ME BROADEN OUT THE VIEW EVEN
MORE AND SINCE WE'RE ON THE AIR,
THIS STORM REMAINED IN TACT,
WATCH HOW THE TORNADO WARNINGS
EXTEND UP INTO VIRGINIA.
THEY'RE STILL FARTHER NORTH UP
INTO VIRGINIA.
THEY MAINTAINED ITS INTEGRITY.
THERE'S 8:00.
LOOK AT THE MASS AMOUNT OF
LIGHTNING.
RED POL GONES THAT CONTINUE TO
SHOW UP AND AT THIS TIME WHAT'S
LEFT OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL
MOVING THROUGH VIRGINIA,
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE STILL
INTENSE.
NORTH AND WEST OF RICHMOND,
THERE'S STILL CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTENING AND STILL
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT.
THAT CELL THAT MOVED THROUGH
EASTERN GILFORD, STILL PLAGUES
THE FOLKS IN VIRGINIA.
LET'S HEAD BACK TO WARREN COUNTY
AND THE TORNADO WARNING DOES
CONTINUE UNTIL 9:45.
WE HAVE ABOUT 14 MINUTES UNTIL
THIS IS SET TO EXPIRE UNLESS
THEY CANCEL IT AT SOME POINT.
IT'S STILL ONGOING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CHAT ROOM HAS NOT CANCELLED
WARNING SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE VELOCITIES AND REALLY HASN'T
CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH FROM THE
LAST TIME WE SHOWED YOU SO WE'RE
WONDERING IF AT SOME POINT THE
SEVERE -- OR THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE CANCELED.
IT'S MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH
AT ABOUT 50-MILES-AN-HOUR, PAST
NORLINA.
I'LL DO ANOTHER StormTrac AND
WE'LL SEE -- AND THERE'S NEW
IMAGE, SO FROM THAT POINT NORTH,
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND THE
VIEW.
PARDON ME FOR THAT.
>> I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
TORNADO WATCH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
INTEREST EAST OF I-95.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
EXPANDED THAT TORNADO WATCH TO
INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE EASTERN
COUNTIES EAST OF I-95 OVER
TOWARD THE COASTAL PLAIN UNTIL I
BELIEVE 3:00 A.M.
FOR OUR AREA IT'S UNTIL 11:00
P.M., BUT FOR THE NEWER COUNTIES
TO THE EAST THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED
TO THE WATCH THOSE WILL GO
BEYOND MIDNIGHT SO IT DOES LOOK
LIKE THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE
EASTWARD AS THIS SYSTEM SLOWLY
PROGRESSES TO THE EAST AND SO
FOLKS EAST OF US ARE ALSO GOING
TO HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
THIS.
MIKE?
>> LET'S GO BACK TO THE OTHER
SYSTEM AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE
IMPACTED.
THE WARNING HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED
FOR SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AS OF YET,
BUT THE LATEST IMAGE DOES SHOW
THE COUPLET, PALMER CROSSROADS,
THREE MINUTES, BEACHWOOD, CEDAR
GROVE, RADCLIFF.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY
INDOORS.
YOU NEED TO GET INTO THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME, THE INTERIOR
ROOM, IF YOU HAVE A ROOM UNDER
YOUR STAIRCASE, THAT WOULD BE IN
A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
IF YOU HAVE AN INTERIOR ROOM, OR
A BASEMENT, YOU WANT TO BE BELOW
GROUND, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
TORNADO TIPS THAT WE OFFER UP
EVERY TIME A TORNADO IS SIGHTED
OR ISSUED IN THE AREA.
THERE'S LOOK AT THE
REFLECTIVITY.
I'LL TIME LAPSE THIS SO YOU CAN
SEE THE MOVEMENT IS UP TO THE
NORTH AND THE CELL MOVING AT
ABOUT 50-MILES-PER-HOUR.
THERE'S NO CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTENING I CAN SEE OUT OF THAT
CLOUD RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL LOOK
AT THE THREAT TRACKTORY SEE WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALONG I-85
MOVINGLY THROUGH WARREN COUNTY.
LET ME GO BACK TO THE BIG
PICTURE.
THE GREEN IS THE RAIN AND THE
PURPLE IS THE HAIL.
MAYBE EVEN PEA-SIZED HAIL.
THERE'S BROADER PERSPECTIVE AND
IT'S VERY HEAVY.
LET ME BROADEN THAT SO YOU FOLKS
IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA CAN SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON.
LET ME PAN DOWN TO THE SOUTH SO,
AGAIN YOU CAN SEE PRETTY GOOD
COVERAGE FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO
FAYETTEVILLE.
WHAT WE'VE NOTICED OVER THE PAST
HALF HOUR THE LINE IS MAKING A
DEFINITIVE MOVE TO THE EAST.
IT HAD STARTED TO GATHER
MOMENTUM, BUT NOW THAT IT IS
STARTING TO PICK UP MOMENTUM AND
MOVE MORE TOWARD THE EAST WE'LL
SEE THE HEAVIER RAINS E-BAY
TOWARD S MOVING TO
EASTERN CAROLINA.
YOU FOLKS FROM ROCKY MOUNT AND
WILSON INTO JOHNSTON COUNTY,
ALSO HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE
COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LOST
THE HEATING OF THE DAY, THE
ATMOSPHERE IS STILL UNSTABLE,
THE LOW-LEVEL JETS IS KICKING IN
AND THE UPPER-LEVEL JETS, AS
WELL.
WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF A
BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO, AND AIMY
AND I AMY
AND I WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE
THREAT CONTINUES UNTIL 9:15 AND
I'VE NOT SEEN ANY UPDATES FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SO
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEIR
THINKING IN BUT THE TORNADO
WARNING CONTINUES FOR A SMALL
PORTION OF WARREN COUNTY AND
THERE YOU GO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MAKING ITS
WAY INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
LOOKING AT THE VELOCITY AND
COUPLET, IF THERE IS ONE, WOULD
BE LOCATED RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
WE CAN SEE SOME COMMUNITIES
RIGHT ALONG THE VIRGINIA LINE,
SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING FROM THE
PASCHEL COMMUNITY, SOON TO BE
PALMERS CROSSROADS AND SOUTH
HILL, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING
AT LEAST THE ROTATION SHOWING
UP, U.S. HIGHWAY NORTH 1 AND
ALSO THAT ORANGE LINE YOU SEE,
THAT'S I-95.
THE HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL
ROTATION IS MOVING OVER I-85
RIGHT NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO
HEAD UP TOWARD THE NORTH.
AMY, ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING ON
YOUR END?
>> NOT AS FAR AS THE NATIONAL
CHAT PAGE, OR THEY'RE THINKING
THIS IS GOING TO EXTEND INTO
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA, THE WARNING
THAT IS.
WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS JUST
MENTION THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH.
WE'VE HAD SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN
IN OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THIS LINE HAS BEEN
SLOWLY PUSHING TO THE EAST AND
LOOKING LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY
STALLED.
TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS THE
THREE-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL,
ANYWHERE FROM 2 1/2, UP TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN INDICATED BY
THE RADAR.
SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
FALLEN INTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE
OPPORTUNITY SO AS THIS LINE
SLOWLY CONTINUES MOVING TO THE
EAST WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE
THE FLOOD THREAT PUSHING TO THE
EAST, AS WELL.
SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE VIEWING
AREA AND THIS GOES UNTIL I
BELIEVE 2:00 A.M.
BECAUSE WE
COULD HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FLOOD THREAT
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE STAYS OFF THE ROADS IF
THEY CAN ESPECIALLY IN OUR
WESTERN COUNTIES AND AS THAT
LINE MOVES TO THE EAST, WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY STAYS
HOME AND STAYS PUT BECAUSE I
THINK WE COULD HAVE SOME FLASH
FLOODING AS THAT CONTINUES TO
MOVE EASTWARD.
MIKE?
>> VERY INTERESTING ON THE
RADAR.
THE CELL THAT PRODUCED THE
TORNADO IS IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA,
SO I WOULD THINK MOMENTARILY THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE DROPPED
FROM WARREN COUNTY.
YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THERE IS THE
CELL THAT WARRANTED THE WARNING.
IT'S NO LONGER IN WARREN COUNTY,
NOW IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA, BUT IF
YOU LOOK AT THE VELOCITIES, NOW
IT'S SHOWING UP IN SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA, THE FOLKS UP THERE,
THE WEATHER SERVICE, THEY
CANCELED IT.
WE'LL RECAP BACK TO
THE WIDE VIEW AND WE'LL TIME
LAPSE THIS OVER THE PAST
30 MINUTES, MAKING ITS WAY TO
THE EAST, STARTING TO PICK UP
STEAM.
WE'LL BE ON FOX 50 AT 10:00, AND
RIGHT NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO
PROGRAMMING.
>> Announcer: WE NOW RETURN YOU