{"id":5655,"date":"2025-07-09T04:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2025-07-09T04:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:37:01","slug":"weather-north-carolina-storm-threats-and-flood-risk-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/07\/09\/weather-north-carolina-storm-threats-and-flood-risk-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather North Carolina: Storm threats and flood risk increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5656\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"north-carolina-storm-0907\" width=\"2560\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-1536x542.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-2048x723.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-860x304.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/north-carolina-storm-0907-260x92.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, July 9, 2025 \u2013 DURHAM, North Carolina<\/strong> \u2013 The <strong>ABC11 Weather Team<\/strong> has declared <strong>today a First Alert Day<\/strong> for <strong>central North Carolina<\/strong>, due to the potential for <strong>strong afternoon thunderstorms<\/strong> bringing <strong>heavy rainfall<\/strong>, <strong>damaging wind gusts<\/strong>, and an elevated <strong>flood threat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Flood Watch in effect across multiple central counties<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A large portion of the region remains under a <strong>Flood Watch<\/strong> through <strong>Thursday morning<\/strong>, including key counties like <strong>Durham<\/strong>, <strong>Orange<\/strong>, <strong>Alamance<\/strong>, <strong>Granville<\/strong>, <strong>Guilford<\/strong>, <strong>Vance<\/strong>, <strong>Chatham<\/strong>, <strong>Moore<\/strong>, <strong>Forsyth<\/strong>, <strong>Davidson<\/strong>, <strong>Lee<\/strong>, <strong>Randolph<\/strong>, <strong>Hoke<\/strong>, <strong>Scotland<\/strong>, <strong>Richmond<\/strong>, <strong>Anson<\/strong>, <strong>Montgomery<\/strong>, <strong>Stanly<\/strong>, <strong>Warren<\/strong>, and <strong>Person<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these areas are still trying to <strong>recover from the devastating impacts of Chantal<\/strong>, which brought <strong>historic flooding<\/strong> between <strong>Sunday and Monday<\/strong>, leaving the ground already saturated.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Atmospheric instability and damaging winds expected today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With the atmosphere still <strong>very humid and unstable<\/strong>, the risk for <strong>strong thunderstorms<\/strong> extends through <strong>this evening<\/strong>. Slightly stronger <strong>atmospheric forcing<\/strong> will support the chance for <strong>damaging wind gusts<\/strong>, particularly with any <strong>more organized storm cells<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High temperatures<\/strong> today will peak in the <strong>low 90s\u00b0F (around 32\u00b0C)<\/strong>, adding to the <strong>oppressive humidity<\/strong> across the region.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Unsettled pattern continues Thursday and Friday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, July 10<\/strong>, and <strong>Friday, July 11<\/strong>, the chances for <strong>showers and thunderstorms<\/strong> remain elevated. Conditions will remain favorable for <strong>ponding on roads<\/strong> and <strong>flooding in low-lying areas<\/strong>, as a <strong>moist tropical air mass<\/strong> continues to linger over <strong>central North Carolina<\/strong> heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <strong>ABC11 Weather App<\/strong> for real-time updates on <strong>weather alerts<\/strong>, <strong>active flood watches<\/strong>, and <strong>severe storm warnings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 9, 2025 \u2013 DURHAM, North Carolina \u2013 The ABC11 Weather Team has declared today a First Alert Day for central North Carolina, due to the potential for strong afternoon thunderstorms bringing heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts, and an elevated flood threat. 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