HOURS--
HOURS-- BLUES SKIES TURNED BLACK.
BLACK.
>>>
>>> FIRST
>>> FIRST AT 6:00, SEVERE STORMS POUNDING THE CAROLINAS. LISTEN TO THAT.
IN THE LAST TWO HOURS, BLUE
SKIES TURNED BLACK.
WE ARE SEEING POWERFUL WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN DOWNING TREES AND
TURNING STREETS INTO STREAMS.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT NOW,
VIEWER VIDEO IN CHARLOTTE.
LOOK AT THE LIVE DOPPLER RADAR
RIGHT NOW, A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT WE CHECKED
DUKE ENERGY'S WEBSITE.
MORE THAN 17,000 PEOPLE ARE IN
THE DARK ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
INCLUDING 2200 IN GASTON COUNTY
AND 6200 IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
SOUTH PARK MALL IN CHARLOTTE
DOES NOT HAVE POWER RIGHT NOW.
IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE YOU COULD
SEE TH+@E DARK STORM CLOUDS
HANGING AROUND.
LET'S SEND IT OVER TO OUR
METEOROLOGIST. WHAT DO WE HAVE
IN STORE FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT?
>> WE HAVE LINGERING SHOWERS
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT BUT IN
TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER, WE ARE
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT BUT IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER, WE ARE@ OUT OF THE WOODS.
WE HAVE SOME HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHEASTERN
OR SOUTHERN PORTIONS I SHOULD
SAY, OF THE VIEWING AREA.
THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN NEAR
NEW SA+@LEM.
PUSHING FARTHER TO THE SOUTH,
INTO JEFFERSON, THE RAIN IS
COMING DOWN HEAVILY.
TOWARD LANCASTER, GREAT FALLS,
RICHBURG, DEALING WITH HEAVY
RAIN.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVERYTHING IS
WEAKENING.
WE HAVE A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT
FOR RICHMOND, SCOTLAND, AND
HOPE COUNTING UNTIL 6:30
TONIGHT.
THAT'S MOVING OUT OF THE
VIEWING AREA.
WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH
THE SEVERE WEATHER.
HOWEVER, I'M WATCHING A CLUSTER
OF SHOWERS.
THESE STORMS THAT WE ARE
PRODUCING THESE SHOWERS, THE
STORM ACROSS KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE, THEY ARE MOVING TO
THE SOUTH AND EAST.
WE WILL CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF A
+@ BREAK BEFORE WE START TO SEE
THESE SHOWERS ROLL THROUGH BUT
AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE SEVERE
WEATHER WE ARE DONE.
+@ HERE IS A LOOK AT TONIGHT AS
THIS GOES THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR
COME A WE WILL KEEP A FEW
SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA
+@
COME A WE WILL KEEP A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, PRIMARILY AN
ISOLATED CHANCE FOR SOME
SHOWERS.
WE CANNOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF
THUNDER.
+@
WE CANNOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. WE DRY OUT IN THE SECOND HALF
OF THE WEEKEND.
I WILL HAVE A SECOND LOOK AT
YOUR WEEKEND COMING UP.
>>> THE SCENE OF+@ A MASSIVE TR
DOWN ON QUEENS AVENUE, WHAT ARE
YOU SEEING OUT THERE?
>> Reporter: THIS TREES HUGE.
TAKE A LOOK.
I GOT AS CLOSELY AS I COULD,
THE ROOT RIGHT THERE IS TWICE
AS TALL AS I AM.
I'M 5'3" TO GIVE YOU
PERSPECTIVE.
THIS TREES A FEW FEET OFF OF
THE ROAD.
THERE ARE POLICE HERE DIRECTING
THIS TREES A FEW FEET OFF OF THE ROAD. THERE ARE POLICE HERE DIRECTING@
THE TRAFFIC.
THEY ARE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
+@IMAGINE IF THIS TREE HAD FALL
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THIS TREE IS HUGE.
THIS IS A MESS TO CLEAN UP.
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
WE SAW OTHER SMALLER TREES +@AN
BRANCHES THAT WERE DOWN IN THE
AREA.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AROUND FOR
+@
AREA. WE WILL BE LOOKING AROUND FOR SOME MORE DAMAGE BUT FOR NOW WE
WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU LIVE
IN CHARLOTTE.
NBC CHARLOTTE.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE'S DAMAGE ALL OVER
CHARLOTTE.
THIS, THIS IS A PICTURE AT
RANDOLPH ROAD AND PROVIDENCE
ROAD.
THE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF.
LOOKING AT THIS TREE IN THE
GLEN ARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD IN
BELMONT.
THAT TREE TOOK DOWN POWER
LINES.
THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS OUT
THERE ARE MAKING IT DANGEROUS
ON THE ROADS.
THIS