other school -- systems are taking a look at this. this is the message on chatham county same is a possibility for early dismissal as well. musket over to am meteorologist.>> this will be a big deal for us and something will watch closely as we head into the afternoon. a wind advisory in effect until 9:00 am and includes all central north carolina costs out of thunderstorms up to 40 miles per hour. inside thunderstorms gusts as high as 70 miles per hour. on the satellite radar we are dry right now but look to the southwest some heavy downpours moving through more county moving to chatham county.

throughout the day. the timeframe for the severe threat from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. we are in cooler temperatures in central north carolina and the blue. 46 raleigh, 45 durham the warmer air moving in and this will fuel storm throughout the taper 51 fayetteville, 33 clayton 49 goldsboro. 40 8:00 am, rain likely for morning commute, watch for quarter ponding and dense fog. storms possible at lunchtime, damaging wind gust this afternoon. cannot rule out isolated tornadoes. high of 70. drop into the mid-60s by 6:00 pm and the rain will move east by this point in time. more on the storm threat coming

let's check in with traffic. you can clearly see how dense the fog is that this is i-504. allow for extra time. remember low beams. i want to show you wrote in text where you are seeing yellow that is where we are doing with foggy conditions. across wake county, germ county and grandville, vance, franklin county where we see green siler city, sanford urc wet roads and water ponding on the roadways where it is blue. take your time heading out the door and more on the storm threat in 10 minutes. that fog is thick. we continue our team coverage of the threat of severe weather.>> emma wright is in our news tracker. >>reporter: good morning. seeing a lot of what alyssa

rain a lot of water ponding. on capital boulevard, at a stoplight, things aren't too exciting that you can see on the camera how much fog we're talking about here capital boulevard is a well lit area. if it is hard to see here you can imagine how hard it is on rosen are not well lit. lots of water on the roads and it is not raining so you don't have to worry that hydroplaning alleys where we are. some water on the roads on the sides and that leaves that have been blowing around. keep in mind. we'll keep an eye on the road conditions all morning and give you updates as we drive around. today's potential severe weather comes as subcommunities are still reeling from storms that moves through this month. piles of debris from heavy winds line the streets along ashley ridge drive.

trees on people's homes. it some people think in need is in place for severe weather. >> we used our storm shelter for the first time ever in this house which is our storm closet and i will make sure there is more room in there.>> duke energy said there could be power outages. the governor encouraged schools to review severe weather plans including what to do. if you haven't done so it's a great time to download the wncn news and weather apps as watches and warnings come through. you can get them as a push alert. it is free in the app store. breaking news five people including two children had to find another place to stay after a fire tore through their home in more county. flames tore through the home on t johnson road around 1:00 am

shooting through the roof. t johnson road was blocked for more than two hours. no one was home at the time of the fire. around 4:00 am crews found the wreckage of a deadly plane crash in nepal. the claimant 23 people on board disappeared while flying in a mountainous area. the plane was on an 18 hour flight lost contact after takeoff. all 25th were killed. gop presidential hopeful trump celebrated his victory in nevada caucus. a third straight nominating contests trump has one. he takes to the campaign trail to continue his momentum. he will speak at an evangelical college on tuesday. next up for him a primary in south carolina on saturday. new information about a

it happened right level xv a.m. monday night. 52-year-old patrick mcdonald was walking on the side of the red but he was hit from behind. police will not file any charges in iraq. raleigh police decided to provide security at the beyonci concert. that was like to consider a boycott. it's been more than two weeks is beyonci's controversial halftime show at the super bowl. it's a little black panthers have something just anti-police and profiles after speaking with members of the association says the decision was unanimous.>> would listen to all of our members and we came to an agreement that this was the best course of action. select the show is may 3 at nc state finley stadium. 4:37 am the battle between

this morning. the tech giant new defensive extract erin andrews is underway in tennessee and why she is suing a hotel for $75 million. temperatures this morning on the call side.

, in a when the warmer welcome back to wncn we are tracking severe weather, the winds and later today looks like a bigger chance.>> strong winds and we're -- inside thunderstorms up to 70 miles per hour and can't rule out tornadoes. this will be a real threat. we're dealing with fog and rain and this is our crew on capital

it is not actively raining but it is the mist from the wet roads that is causing problems for them. when chilled wipers this morning. let's talk about where it is raining. this is a massive system. a deadly storm system across the gulf states without breaks. this is heading in our direction . as it arrives later today all things working in connection and i can bring the chance for strong and severe storms. we'll have to get warmer air in here. temperatures in the 40s. i want to zoom into portions of chatham and recanted his look at the heavy downpour traveling up us one headed for the sanford area. heavy downpours tour siler city across chatham county. lately it to her right now but

good chance for severe weather. we are at half a mile visibility in raleigh and durham and over a mile and louisburg and a mile and a half in henderson and roxboro. this is the most widespread visibility concerns. >> 46 raleigh, 51 fayetteville. from here on out temperatures climb. we >> to 70 this afternoon for the best threat for storms between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. the biggest impact will be when guests, hail small concern that can't rule out isolated tornadoes. complete forecast coming up.

stage and coming up 4:44 am, top stories is storms as i hit the stop is headed to our area today. trip that after suspected tornadoes hit louisiana and mississippi. the threat for severe weather is expected between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. getsy damaging winds. gop presidential hopeful trump celebrated his victory in a nevada caucus. next up for the democratic presidential hopefuls as a primary in south carolina on saturday. raleigh police to provide security at the beyonci concert may 3 and the police protective association met last night to consider a boycott after a controversy surrounding beyonci's halftime show. the concert takes place, may

house speaker tim moore says he is looking at how the legislature could overwrite a charlotte city council decision to the but allows transgender people to choose bathrooms and private businesses that identity. his of the council has gone against all common sense in quotes and greeted a major vote on monday. republican lawmakers voiced opposition signaling the general. assembly should intervene democrats are weighing in. >> north carolina is a big state and we should welcome all citizens. there is no doubt there are more issues than the governor would want to focus on. >> governor mccoury boat -- said a vote would cost legislation intervention. apple will argue that a quart order by the fbi violate its free-speech rights. this comes amid a firestorm of

country a people voting -- supporting apple. your times supports attorney for the tech giant will argue the judge overstepped her boundary. apple has been pushing back to the fbi request came down last week. republicans in congress saying they will not back a plan to close guantanamo bay. the presence of closing it can save nearly $2 billion during the next 20 years and that republican lawmakers say they both support it and risk having terrorists prison on the mainland the present is putting them in maxim security presence can be done safely and stresses terrace are already being held here with no incident. funeral arrangements underway for the older brother of cuban revolutionary leaders castro. ramon castro was not as involved in politics and preferred agriculture. he was 91 years old. on capitol hill lawmakers

spread of the zika virus. health officials say sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than first thought. the cdc investigating forcing new cases of zika in the us that appear to be cases of sexual transmission. >> in each of the episodes a man was traveling to a zika affected area develop symptoms that are consistent with zika and within two weeks of the man said -- symptoms the female partner develop symptoms consistent with zika virus. >> important to know and understand. zika virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes. many cases involve pregnant women. last week we learned of our first case and north carolina. this is something you don't

drive towards a tornado. these drivers dodge one in baton rouge louisiana. they had no choice but to stop. some of them were brave enough to take that. thankfully no one was hurt. there are three deaths associated with a severe weather that hit through the southeast. it is headed towards our area. you were talking earlier winds are some of the most dangerous things. >> that will be our primary concern for us but we can't rule out isolated tornadoes. durham international airport is 46 degrees outside. visibility will be a big concern. we have fog, rain and some of you waking up to thunder and lightning. a satellite radar composite showing the big system because this is a massive system.

the great lakes as cold air rushes in behind it. st. louis waking up to snow but around central north carolina we are getting into the start of it and not raining here in wake county. late showers around term and chapel hill. troy chatham county and lee county we're seeing lightning over the sanford area. we are looking towards the chatham county and siler city downpours right now and some of this will move into here shortly. getting ready to head out the door this is a possibility that showers and storms happening for us and will continue to see the threat for severe weather into the afternoon. at half a mile in raleigh and durham and mile and sanford and over a mile and smithfield and less than a mile visibility around fayetteville, quentin in goldsboro.

one key ingredient to see storms is warmer air and you can see the green shades spreading and the warmer temperatures will migrate across the rest of the area throughout the morning. 46 raleigh, 45 durham, 42 roxboro and downhill where we see the milder temperatures already 54 clinton and 51 fayetteville. as you planning a day 8:00 am 54 degrees, rainy. at noon best threat for storms, 69 and 70 our afternoon high and storms throughout the afternoon. about 6:00 pm some of this will exit the area and we will be back to 66 by 6:00 pm. a wind advisory will go into effect at 9:00 am through midnight and i won't be surprised if we see that extended into thursday. gusts outside of thunderstorms up to 40 miles per hour. that will be enough to topple

ground is wet. 6:00 am scattered showers may be isolated storm that continues through lunchtime. best window from 10 am and 6 pm for a lot of this to start after lunchtime. we can see a line or maybe two lines of storms move through. here's one at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. as his clearest skies will clear as we head into daybreak on thursday. i think we will see some sunshine. we rarely see this in central north carolina. we are under a moderate risk -- risk. 70 mile-per-hour wind gusts possible and strong tornadoes also a possibility. picture you have a way to get weather alerts later today. make sure your weather alert is

76 fayetteville. tonight the rain ending and skies clearing temperatures falling into the mid-40s. 54 tomorrow, on the windy side, friday, 50 partly cloudy and the weekend is chilly, 49 saturday but by sunday sunshine and a high of 60 maybe a shower. should we try into the majority of the early part of next week. 4:53 am, let's get to traffic. visibility is a big concern. i 40 you can see the fog and the roads are wet. take your time. heading westbound on any of the loops i 440 63 63 miles per hour . take it easy this morning. here is this morning

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a live look. lots of fog. the deadly storms in the southeast headed to our area. at least three people dead after suspected tornadoes hit louisiana and mississippi.>> two dozen other people hurt and st. james parish winchester had

it is believed weather seven tornadoes that to the area yesterday. thanks for watching wncn today. many school systems and north carolina will close early today including two in error area in wayne and edgecombe county. other school systems keeping an eye on the threat for severe we obtain coverage of the severe weather. road conditions for you.>> let's check in with messiah.>> -- alyssa. >> a wind advisory and continue through midnight. outside of thunderstorms we can see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. insight thunderstorms the wind gusts can go up to 70 miles per hour. a radar is busy at the rain is coming into wade county and some thunder and lightning in sampson county and lee and portions of chatham county. that will move into orange