Informational: Weather – Tornado Watch issued March 5 at 7:52AM EST until March 5 at 1:00PM EST by NWS Raleigh NC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 26 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 31 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

ALAMANCE
ANSON
CHATHAM
CUMBERLAND
DAVIDSON
DURHAM
EDGECOMBE
FORSYTH
FRANKLIN
GRANVILLE
GUILFORD
HALIFAX
HARNETT
HOKE
JOHNSTON
LEE
MONTGOMERY
MOORE
NASH
ORANGE
PERSON
RANDOLPH
RICHMOND
SAMPSON
SCOTLAND
STANLY
VANCE
WAKE
WARREN
WAYNE
WILSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALBEMARLE, ANGIER, APEX,
ARCHDALE, ASHEBORO, BUIES CREEK, BURLINGTON, CAMP MACKALL,
CARRBORO, CARTHAGE, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, CLINTON,
CREEDMOOR, DUNN, DURHAM, ELLERBE, ENFIELD, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE,
FRANKLINTON, GOLDSBORO, GRAHAM, GREENSBORO, HENDERSON,
HIGH POINT, HILLSBOROUGH, HOPE MILLS, KITTRELL, KNIGHTDALE,
LAURINBURG, LEXINGTON, LILLINGTON, LOUISBURG, MEBANE, NASHVILLE,
NORLINA, OXFORD, PINEHURST, PITTSBORO, POLKTON, PRINCEVILLE,
RAEFORD, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKINGHAM, ROCKY MOUNT,
ROSEBORO, ROUGEMONT, ROXBORO, SANFORD, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA,
SILER CITY, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING HOPE, SPRING LAKE,
TARBORO, THOMASVILLE, TROY, WADESBORO, WAGRAM, WAKE FOREST,
WARRENTON, WILSON, AND WINSTON-SALEM.