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

take the umbrella with you. not a severe threat here, expected that later this afternoon after lunchtime. the best opportunity for us. as far as temperatures concerned 46 raleigh and durham but the shades of green to the south that is warmer air and that will spread across the area today and as that spreads that is when our storm threat will climb. a look at your forecast. rain likely this morning, 48 8:00 am 69 at noon and storms possible at lunchtime can bring as damaging wind gusts and cannot rule out isolated tornadoes. high today and 70. a long way to go before we hit 70. i 6:00 pm the rain and storm should taper off and skies clearing shortly after and dropping into the mid-60s and at 6:00 pm.

storm threat and let you know when we will see the sunshine. here is a foggy site. i 85 and i 40 if you're heading out the door this morning make sure you allow plenty of room between you and the car in front of you and remember your low beams if you encounter some of his father. everywhere we are seeing yellow is where we are dealing with dense fog. here around wake county to durham county to the north through grantville, vance, franklin county where you are seeing the green those are wet roads. towards chapel hill and chatham and lee counties. take your time. we continue our team coverage of the threat of severe weather. emma wright is live in our mobile news tracker keeping an eye on the conditions. >>reporter: like alyssa said we

morning. we were on four 4540 -- 440, 540 . we are passing through apex you can see on both sides of the screen there is fog. the only have a couple hundred feet visibility in front of you. it is not too much of a problem just yet because there aren't too many cars on the road that something you have to keep in mind when headed out this morning. to cross into apex it started to rain a bit and hearing drops hit the windshield. not real heavy yet we have seen showers on and off as he came over here this way from raleigh. . in the few minutes we had been driving it has gotten heavier as we have driven further into apex. water ponding on the road left over from the rain last night. he wanted to take it slow and give yourself extra minutes and

encounter bad weather on your drive to work this morning. some important things to do a hepatitis have an emergency plan and know how everyone will get warnings and alerts and communicate how you will get in touch with each other if split up. know how you will it others know you are safe and have asked safe meeting place after an emergency and have access to batteries, water and prescriptions. some important tips that you should do well under a tornado warning. if you are in a home, school, hospital or office building seek shelter in basic on the hallway closet. cover your head and eyes. if outside get inside as quickly as possible. if you can't find a low-lying area like a ditch if in a vehicle drive away if you can, if not pull over but leave the

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welcome back. as we approach 5:10 am this is a look from our crew driving around wake county and fog. you can see wider -- water sliding around. if you're not seeing the rain falling out you are dealing with wet roads and not can be anything else. take your time as you get ready to head for the door and let's check in with wncn radar. the system is enormous. an area of low pressure off to our southwest and that will move into the area will be a cold front across the area and that is what will be ideal to see strong development as we head into the afternoon. i radar scanning the skies and isolated showers around portions of johnson county

look at the cluster showers and storms. across northern portions of chatham county. you can see thunder and lightning. nothing of the storms is severe practice dealing with heavy downpours heard waking up to the downpours amount hillsboro this morning towards chapel hill towards pittsboro anyway county light rain around carry and southern portions of raleigh as well. temperatures mid 40s louisburg, raleigh and durham, 40 6 am bert and 50s in sandhills and this is getting of the warmer air as in most in our storm threat will increase into the afternoon. 54 this morning, 8:00 am mainly brain and 69 at noon and that will kick off the best time for us to see showers and dangerous storms. 70 action high in the mid-60s the storms wrapping up around 6:00 pm. we're looking at the biggest

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is headed to our area and three people confirmed dead after tornadoes hit louisiana and mississippi. the threat for severe weather in our area is expected between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. went up to 70 miles per hour. raleigh police will provide security at the upcoming beyonci consecrate the police protective association met last night to consider a boycott after controversy surrounding beyonci's super bowl halftime show. the concert takes place, may third at carter finley stadium. capitol hill lawmakers will address the public's growing concern about the spread of the zika virus. the deputy director of cdc and others are expected to testify. the numbers are in from assets nevada caucus and they were clear winners and clear losers. >> the stage set for super tuesday showdown on march 1 that can turn the tide. tracy potts reports from washington. >> it will be an amazing two months. >>reporter: donald trump already looking ahead to super

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this'll be a good time to reset your dvr's if you watch all the different programs. >> if you have any questions with answers. sso segment -- special segment on our website at wncn.com. look for the tab on the homepage. one thing that will not change our your wonderful forecast. >> entered a how wonderful today's is. we are looking at the threat for severe and strong storms today. a live look from the tower camera at 46. you can tell it is wet. we are hearing rain on the roof and ceiling with foggy conditions. take your time this morning. you can see lots of moisture around the carolinas and that

into the tape. showers falling all across orange county and thunder and lightning sometimes coming out of chatham county towards chapel hill. different hillsboro doing with downpours and interim some steady rain. here is the 440 luke downtown and the 540 luke up capital boulevard dealing with heavier downpours. take your time if you encounter some of the heavier showers this morning. less than half a mile visibility in raleigh, half a mile in durham mile and a half henderson and less and louisburg, roxboro at -- if you drive in nc foggy conditions your low beams are idea for driving. 45 journal, 44 henderson, we

and it is starting to move in and around the sandhills. 52 fayetteville, 54 clinton 50 lillington and clayton. in the 50s and o'clock a.m. spiking into the upper 60s by 10:00 am and that is opening the door for some stores to develop. i think between 10 am and 6 pm best case in raleigh develops around lunchtime. 69 and 70 our high. upper 60s by 4:00 pm. outside of thunderstorms we're dealing with a wind advisory gusts up to 40 miles per hour. couple that with the moist today as well. watching for power outages and damaging wind gusts in the chance for an isolated tornado. 6:00 a.m. some showers and storms moving through but nothing severe this morning and not expecting it to hours are over. 1:00 pm threat for showers and

we can see one or two lines materialized and move across the area. at 4:00 pm it into the line and that is where we are talking about the damaging winds embedded isolated tornadoes moving across the eastern portions of the area after about 6:00 pm exiting the area and as they exit skies were clear quickly by 7:00 am on thursday we should see some -- sunshine. severe weather, moderate risk over central portions of north carolina. eastern portions of wake county and 90 5/4. pay attention to alert today great treat them seriously and make sure you have a severe weather plan. 70 mile-per-hour winds inside some of the storms and strong tornadoes possible. 69 durham, 76 fayetteville and

look at the coming days. it will be windy and 50 on friday and 49 saturday the don't worry we warm-up for the answer the weekend practice 60 by sunday. 5:22 am on wednesday morning and straight to traffic. >> this is i-440 south of downtown raleigh where we are seeing traffic moving freely in both directions, no slowdowns . we have an early morning accident and this is on i-440 is that capital boulevard. not a lot of delays yet the keep in mind not a lot of people out. heading out the door to this accident space. struck by 20 3 am for the next chapter at nc state rivalry

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county. good morning, on wncn the storm system responsible for at least three deaths and a southeast is headed to our area today. it will have a direct impact on us with the biggest threat being damaging winds. many schools insist -- systems will close early. many others are keeping an eye on severe weather. this is a message on a chatham county school website saying there is a possibility for early dismissal as well. >> lots going on. i am mike gonzalez. >> i am stefan chase. basket over to melissa with what you need to know for today.>> good morning.

this will be involved for the entire viewing area. gusts outside of thunderstorms up to 40 miles per hour. if you see a severe storm of through wind gust upwards of 70 miles per hour. the showers and storms are raising north of an orange county your seen heaviest rain and northern portions of wake county thing rain and person county and this is the beginning. i don't think the window opens until 10:00 am for severe weather that will continue through 6:00 pm. one of the key ingredients to get severe weather in here is warmer temperatures. still pretty cool right now 46 raleigh interim, 45 louisburg, 45 rocky mount you can see the green shades across the southern portions. when attempted we will see war 55 clinton, 52 in fayetteville. a look at your forecast and o'clock a.m. rain likely this morning and