Enhanced severe storm threat Monday [SPECIAL]

Severe thunderstorms are forecast to bring damaging winds to North Carolina and South Carolina today, Monday, August 7, 2023.

The line of thunderstorms will feed off the day's 100+ degree heat index, which has prompted the National Weather Service to issue heat advisories across portions of the Carolinas. The storms are expected around 4 p.m. in the western North Carolina mountains, including in Asheville, Boone, and Blowing Rock. The storms will push eastward across the Carolinas and arrive in upstate South Carolina, including Spartanburg and Greenville, and Charlotte and Greensboro between 6 and 8 p.m. The storms are expected to remain strong as they move toward Raleigh and Columbia.

Coastal locations, including Wilmington, the outer Banks, Myrtle Beach and Charleston, could see the lingering effects from these strong storms during the overnight hours into early Tuesday morning.

There is a 30% chance of seeing damaging winds across much of the Carolinas. This has prompted the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center to issue an "Enhanced" tier 3 out of 5 risk for severe weather across much of western and central North Carolina and South Carolina. East of I-95, the severe threat remains but is more "marginal" at a tier 1 out of 5.

There is also a 15% chance of hail and a 2% chance of a tornado.

As they're issued, the Carolina Weather Net will stream real-time tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings from the National Weather Service here: https://youtube.com/live/HaxSfNloauo?feature=share

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