PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
KENNY: LANIE POPE JOINING US NOW.
FLORENCE, NEARLY A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, BUT AT THIS POINT, THAT DOESN’T MATTER.
LANIE: IT DOESN’T.
WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING YOU ALL WEEK LONG FOR WHAT IS AHEAD.
THE RAIN IS STARTING TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA NOW.
WE DO HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT IS OUT FOR ALL OF OUR AREA.
NO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS WE ARE NEEDING TO PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAINS THAT ARE TO COME.
TAKE A LOOK SOUTH AND EAST.
HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FLORENCE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY HIGH TOTALS.
SOME OF THOSE HEAVY RAIN BANDS HAVE MOVED INTO DAVIDSON, PARTS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY, TWO INCHES TO THREE INCHES.
FOLKS IN THE FOOTHILLS, NORTHERN PIEDMONT, JUST A FEW SHOWERS PUSHING INTO OUR MOUNTAINS.
ONE MINUTE IT IS RAIN, THE NEXT MINUTE IT IS NOT.
STEADY RAIN GOING ON ALL DAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRIAD.
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS, YADKIN AND DABN, JUST TWO OF THEM -- AND DAN, JUST TWO OF THEM.
WIND GUST WILL PUSH UPWARDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR AS THE STORM GETS PUSHED NORTHWARD.
15 TO 20 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA, GUSTS AT ABOUT 25 TO 30.
IF YOU ISOLATED TREES DOWNED -- A FEW ISOLATED TREES DOWNED.
THE HIGHEST WIND IS IN THE CORE OF THE STORM.
THE CORE WILL BE MOVING TO THE WEST.
THE STORM WILL BE WEAKENING.
THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SHRINK, BUT IT WILL BE PICKED UP AND PUSHED NORTH AND EAST VERY QUICKLY.
THE FORWARD SPEED WILL SHOVE SOME OF THOSE WINDS INTO OUR AREA.
WE WILL HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH AS IT PUSHES THROUGH DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
YOU CAN SEE THEM BY NOON AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHER WIND GUSTS ESPECIALLY UP AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE THAT WIND ADVISORY.
THAT TURNED TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED.
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER KNEW WELL THE FORECAST.
IT IS RIGHT ON TRACK.
WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL NOT MOVE A LOT FROM THIS SHORT-TERM PERIOD.
THIS WILL CLIP SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES.
ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE STORM, AS IT TURNS TO THE NORTH -- YES, WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN IN OUR FORECAST.
THIS IS BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
FIND YOUR CITY.
IF YOU HAVE YELLOW OR ORANGE ON YOU, YOU ARE IN HEAVY RAIN.
THIS IS 6:30 IN THE MORNING.
BY NOON AND INTO THE AFTERNOON, HEAVY RAIN.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME CONVECTIVE BANDS, THUNDERSTORM BANDS TO DEVELOP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, MAYBE EVEN CONTINUING TO TOMORROW NIGHT.
MAYBE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.
RAINFALL BY TOMORROW MORNING, MAINLY TO THE SOUTH.
ANOTHER INCH OR SO IN LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO OVERNIGHT.
WATCH THAT CORE OF HEAVY RAIN PUSH NORTHWARD INTO OUR AREA.
A GOOD FIVE INCHES TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME FOLKS WHERE WE GET A SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN IN HERE.
AN ISOLATED 12 INCHES OF RAIN, HIGHLY POSSIBLE.
THAT WOULD BRING A WIDE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND COULD LEAD TO CLOSURES, BRIDGE AND ROAD WASHOUTS.
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MUDSLIDES, MAJOR RIVER FLOODING.
TONIGHT IT IS MUGGY.
HEAVY RAIN.
TOMORROW, THAT THUNDERSTORM RISK IN THE AFTERNOON.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN YOUR TEMPERATURE TOMORROW OR YOUR CONDITIONS.
WINDS OUT OF THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
OR THE FOOTHILLS, FLASH FLOODING RISK, HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
THUNDERSTORM THREATS LATE IN THE DAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURE ABOUT 71.
IN THE MOUNTAIN, HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES, ALSO THE FLOOD THREAT, A RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE WIND MOVING AT ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR TO 20 MILES PER HOUR, GUSTING TO ABOUT 30, HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 70 DEGREES TOMORROW.
NOT TOO WARM.
VERY TROPICAL.
THERE IS YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
WE EXPECT THE STORM SYSTEM TO BE MOVING AWAY ON MONDAY.
THE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS EXTENDED THR