Severe storms bring downed trees and power lines in Harnett County

IN THE STIFLING HUMIDITY.

WHEN AND HOW THAT HAPPENS

COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15

MINUTES.

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>>> TODAY AM A STRONG STORMS

BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN

HAIL, LEAVING SOME PEOPLE IN

THE TRIANGLE WITHOUT POWER.

THIS MICROBURST HIT PARTS OF

HARTNETT COUNTY.

LOOK AT THE TREES.

WE ARE LIVE TONIGHT IN GARNER

WITH A LOOK AT THE AFTER KNIFE.

>> Reporter: THE GATES HERE AT

DUKE ENERGY ARE CLOSED, AND

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY

GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT

WAS NOT THE CASE EARLIER TODAY,

AS CREWS WERE OUT AND ABOUT

CLEANING UP FROM THE STORM.

HAIL RIPPED THROUGH CLAYTON ON

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN JOHNSTON

COUNTY.

AND THIS WAS A SCENE FOR PEOPLE

IN HARNETT COUNTY.

>> IT WAS HEALING. A LOT OF

DEBRIS WAS HEADING THE WINDOWS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BUST

THE WINDOW.

>> Reporter: WE EVEN TALKED TO

A DRIVER AFTER SHE WEATHERED

THROUGH THIS MICROBURST OF

HEAVY RAIN AND WIND.

>> WE HAD OUR 2-YEAR-OLD IN THE

BACKSEAT AREA HE WAS FINE, BUT

IT WAS THE PARENT INSTINCT OF

HAD A WE PROTECT OURSELVES. HOW

DO WE PROTECT OUR KIDS, SAVE

OUR VEHICLE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT WE

FOUND ON OAK RIDGE RIVER ROAD

IN HARTNETT COUNTY, A TOPPLED

TREE, DOWNED POWER LINES, AND

CREWS TRYING TO RESTORE POWER.

WE ALSO MONITORED PICTURES AND

VIDEO FROM THE STORM SENT IN

FROM VIEWERS, INCLUDING IMAGES

FROM THE WRAL TOWER CAM . WHEN

IT WAS OVER, BUDDY MASON'S YARD

WAS LITTERED WITH DEBRIS FROM

THE STORM.

HE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE THAT NO

ONE WAS HURT.

>> THE MAN UPSTAIRS --

>> Reporter: BACK AT HERE LIVE,

ALL IS QUIET HERE AT DUKE

ENERGY.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER

PERSPECTIVE OF A DRIVER WE

SPOKE TO THAT WAS DRIVING

THROUGH THE STORM.

SHE SAID IT WAS SO BAD THAT HER

VISIBILITY WAS IMPACTED, SO SHE

MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.