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>>> WE
>>> WE GOT OUR HANDS ON THE SEARCH WARRANTS AFTER A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN WERE KILLED.
THE NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE
WOMAN'S EX-HUSBAND IN WHAT
POLICE SAY HIS 16-YEAR-OLD
GIRLFRIEND DID.
FIRST, WE ARE TRACKING SEVERE
STORMS ROARING ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE POWERFUL
FIRST DOPPLER RADAR.
YOU CAN SEE STORMS AND SHOWERS
LINING UP.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING'S
ARE IN EFFECT.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH NBC
CHARLOTTE.
>> THE LINE OF STORMS MOVED
ACROSS GASTON COUNTY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF
+@
ACROSS GASTON COUNTY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN HUNTERSVILLE.
>> THE CLOUDS ARE BUILDING OVER
UPTOWN AT THIS HOUR.
A DRAMATIC LOOK FROM THE VIEW
CAM.
WE ARE GETTING SOME VIDEO FROM
YOU AT THIS HOME AS THESE
STORMS PUSH+@ THROUGH.
THIS WAS MINUTES AGO IN
BELMONT.
WE HAVE WEATHER COVERAGE AT
FIVE.
>> BRAD HAS THE IMPACTS WE ARE
SEEING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: WE ARE SEEING A
LOT OF DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS.
THERE ARE 70+@ MILE-PER-HOUR
WINDS MOVING TO THE METRO AREA.
THIS IS A VIEW RIGHT NOW WITH
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO UPTOWN
CHARLOTTE.
WE HAVE THAT SEVERAL WARNINGS
IN EFFECT.
ONE BIG WARNING FOR ALL OF
CABARRUS COUNTY, ROWING IN
MECKLENBURG.
SMALL SECT+@ION OF GASTON COUNT
BUT YOU ARE OUT OF THE WOODS
NOW.
THE CONCERN IS WE ARE SEEING
DOPPLER VELOCITY.
I WILL SHOW YOU ON THE RADAR,
WE ARE SEEING SOME +@AREAS WHER
WE ARE SEEING 74-67 MILE-PER-
I WILL SHOW YOU ON THE RADAR, WE ARE SEEING SOME +@AREAS WHER WE ARE SEEING 74-67 MILE-PER-+@
HOUR WINDS.
YOU NEED TO TREAT THESE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS LIKE YOU
WOULD A SMALL TORNADO WARNING.
THE POTENTIAL IS YOU WILL SEE A
FLOOD OF TREES COME DOWN,
BROKEN WINDOWS, POWER LINES
COME DOWN.
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS THE
SOUTHERN ROWING COUNTY AND
EASTER MECKLENBURG CO+@UNTY, I
NEED YOU TO STAY INDOORS AND
+@
EASTER MECKLENBURG CO+@UNTY, I NEED YOU TO STAY INDOORS AND GET TO THE MIDDLE OF YOUR HOUSE.
GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS AND
THE OUTSIDE WALLS BECAUSE TREES
AND DEBRIS COULD COME THROUGH
THE WINDOWS.
YOU NEED TO TREAT THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING LIKE IT IS
A TORNADO WARNING BECAUSE THAT
IS HOW STRONG THE WINDS ARE.
SOME OF THEM ARE APPROACHING
ALMOST EF1 STRENGTH.
THE BACK EDGE IS MOVING OUT OF
GASTON COUNTY AND THROUGH
+@
THE BACK EDGE IS MOVING OUT OF GASTON COUNTY AND THROUGH NORTHERN MECKLENBURG.
ONCE THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH,
YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN
THE CLEAR.
FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES, WHEN
YOU ARE IN THIS MORNING, YOU
NEED TO BE IN A SAFE SPOT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE.
IT AWAY FROM THOSE WINDOWS
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN SOME BIG
TREES COME DOWN ALREADY AND WE
ARE GETTING A LOT OF REPORTS OF
DAMAGE.
TO THE SOUTH, WE ARE SEEING
REGULAR RAIN WHERE THERE IS
SEVERE WEATHER. FOR PARTS OF
UNION COUNTY AND AREAS OF
LANCASTER COUNTY, JUST GOOD OLD-
FASHIONED RAIN.
ONCE THIS MOVES THROUGH, YOU
WILL SEE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED
EARLY, BUT I WILL EMPHAS+@IZE
THAT THESE STORMS ARE PACKING
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AS THEY
ARE PUSHING TO THE EAST.
I WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THEM
AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.>>> OUR
FIRST TEAM WEATHER COVERAGE
CONTINUES ON THE ROAD.>> KENDALL
IS IN THE STORM TRACKER.
WE ARE GETTING A NUMBER OF
REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES
ENTRIES DOWN.
>> WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS ONE OF
THOSE TREES THAT IS DOWN. WE
ARE ON 485 HEADED TOWARDS
HUNTERSVILLE.
I WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE
ROADS.
DO NOT LET THIS FALL YOU.
WE ARE ONLY SEEING SPRINKLES ON
THE WINDSHIELD.
WE +@ARE ON THE TAIL END OF THI
STORM.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE STORM
IS DOWN INSIDE THE 45 LOOP AS
IT HAS MOVED PAST GASTON COUNTY
AND INTO MECKLENBURG ANTI-. WE
ARE SEEING THE TALENT RIGHT
HERE.
DO NOT LET THAT CONVINCE YOU TO
GET ON THE ROAD.
WE HAVE SEEN THE WORST OF BUT
THIS CAN BRING.
IT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN.
IT WAS HARD TO SEE THE ROAD AT
POINTS AS WE WERE MOVING
THROUGH THE HEART OF THE STORM.
IF+@ YOU ARE GETTING ON THE ROA
FOR YOUR COMMUTE, MAKE SURE YOU
TAKE IT SLOW BECAUSE THE ROADS
ARE WET.
A LOT OF DRIVERS ARE BEING
OVERCONFIDENT, SO MAKE SURE YOU
GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME
TO HIT THOSE BRAKES IF YOU NEED
TO.
WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS THE
HUNTERSVILLE AREA.
WE HAVE REPORTS THERE IS A TREE
DOWN.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED
HERE ON THE ROADS FROM THE
CHEVY STORM TRACKER AS THIS
CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE
METRO AREA.>> THANK YOU.>>> THE
TEAM WILL TRACK THESE SHOWERS
AND STORMS ALL NIGHT LONG.