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

keep in mind if you are going to have for lunch there are dangerous conditions with strong wind gusts. isolated tornadoes, the storm threat right over us at 3:00 pm. the 70 our afternoon high and back to 66. rain to taper off at 6:00 pm. more on this forecast in a little bit. look at the traffic. this is i- 504 at 6 forks road, a foggy site. seeing some rain falling. that will slow you down. we had two accidents in the raleigh area. the first on trent 8 your capital blvd. and another one in downtown raleigh near the intersection of city farm road. be on the alert there and not many cars out to not causing a lot of delays. extract -- check in 20 minutes.

team coverage of the sprat. -- threat. >>reporter: a lot of school districts keeping an eye on the roads and we are in chatham county and one of the districts really keeping an eye on things and they say there is potential they may call school out early. however you can see they are starting at the buses. for right now they have things starting on time. in chatham county we are seeing a lot of wet roads. you can see the shiny pavement in front of us. dealing with puddle filled areas and not enough to see hydroplaning but enough to keep in mind and take it a little slower when out and about driving around. we are seeing some big flashes of lightning. that huge streaks light up the

we are seeing fog and the most fog in the raleigh durham area on for 40, 540 that's where things were thick. not to say there is no fog in chatham county but that was really the worst of it back there. if you are out and about you want to keep -- take it slow. today's potential of severe weather comes as some communities in our area are still reeling from storms that moved through this month. piles of debris from heavy wind lies the street on ashley ridge drive. one-family we talked with said it reinforced the need to have a plan in place. >> we used our storm shelter

house which is our hall closet and i will make sure there is more room in their next time. outages across the state. the governor encouraged schools to review their severe weather plans. if you haven't done so now is a good time to download both the wncn news and weather app. you can as a push alert. it is free and your app store. breaking news, five people including two children had to find another place to stay after a fire tore through their home. according -- flames tore through the home on t johnson wrote around 1:00 am. firefighters found the flames shooting through the roof. t johnson road was blocked for more than two hours. no one was home at the time of the fire and we don't know what started it. around 4:00 am crews found the wreckage of a deadly plane

20 people on board, the plane disappeared in a mountainous area. the plane was on and 18 minutes flight but lost contact after takeoff. all 23 people died. gop presidential hopeful donald trump celebrated his victory in the nevada caucus. the third straight nominating contest trump has one and he immediately takes to the campaign trail to continue his momentum. he will speak at an evangelical college in virginia beach. next up for democratic presidential hopefuls a primary in south carolina on saturday. new information this morning about a deadly crash involving a pedestrian and holly springs. (1115 eight -- p.m. -- 11:15 pm. police say they will not file

update to a story, raleigh police decided to provide security at the upcoming beyonci show. they met leslie to consider a boycott. it's been more than two weeks since beyonci's controversial halftime show. the military inspired show saluting the black panthers had some believing she was anti- police. the association decided the decision was unanimous. >> we listened to all of our members and we came to an agreement that this was the best course of action.>> the show is scheduled for may 3 at nc state finley stadium. 5:37 am the battle between apple and the fbi continue. the trial surrounding sports reporter erin andrews why she is suing the hotel for $75 million. temperatures on the cool

siler city and sanford and some welcome back, good wednesday morning. watching the threat for severe weather later today. as of right now dealing with foggy conditions and rain moving around. 46 degrees and a live picture of the airport. hard to make out the terminal this morning. not a lot going on but we are waking up to heavier downpours and some storms that have moved through. this is person county and downpours ready for roxborough.

strong rain move through. towards granville county and create more dealing with heavy rain. we will see issues here this morning. visibility 3/10 of a mile and raleigh, has improved in terms of 3 miles 1.3 and sanford and half a mile in fayetteville. if you encounter foggy conditions slow down. temperatures starting to climb. 46 raleigh, 51 willington, 50 clayton and clinton and 59. this is one of the key ingredients that we will need for severe storms today. best chance for stores within 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. rain 8:00 am. 69 at noon, and high today 70. severe storms can bring wind gusts upwards of 70 miles per

winds will be biggest concern today. can't rule out a few isolated tornadoes. some of us could be stronger than what we typically see in central north carolina. complete forecast coming up. time is 5:41 am. the zika virus is taking center stage in dc.

capitol hill and a storm system our top stories, the storm system and hit part of the south is headed to our area today. at least two people dead after tornadoes hit louisiana and mississippi. the threat for severe weather in our area and is expected between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. we can see damaging wind with

donald trump celebrated his victory in the nevada caucus. next up for the democratic presidential hopefuls a primary in south carolina on saturday. raleigh police will provide security at the upcoming beyonci concert. the police protection association met last night to consider a boycott after controversy surrounding the unsaved super bowl halftime show. the concert super bowl halftime show. the concert takes place, may third. 555 -- 5:45 am. tim moore says he is looking at how the legislature could override a charlotte city council decision. the vote allows transgender people to choose bathrooms and private businesses that correspond to their gender identity. he says the council has gone against all common sense and created a major public safety issue with its vote last monday. republican lawmakers voiced

assembly should intervene . >> it is a big state and we should welcome all citizens. there is no doubt that there are more issues the governor would want to focus on.>> the governor warned that a vote to approve the measure would likely cause immediate state legislative intervention. >> apple argued that a court order by the fbi violates his free-speech rights. this comes amid a firestorm of protest across the country and some people supporting apple's decision not to unlock the cell phone at the fbi's request the new york times reports the attorney for the tech giant will argue that the judge overstepped her boundary and apple has been pushing back to the fbi's request came down last week. republicans in congress saying they will not back a plan to close guantanamo bay. the presence of close it can save nearly $2 billion during the next 20 years but republican lawmakers say they

having terrorist and presence on mainland. the president says putting them in maxim security presence can be done safely and stresses terrorist are already being held here with no incident. funeral arrangements underway for the older brother of cuban revolutionaries fidel and raul castro. ramon castro was not as involved in politics as his brothers but preferred agriculture. he was 91 years old. on capitol hill lawmakers will address the public's growing concern about the spread of the zika virus. hearings taking place about the spread of zika. health officials say sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than first thought. the cdc investigating 14 new cases of zika all of which appear to be cases of sexual transmission. >> in each of the episodes a

consistent with zika and within two weeks of the man symptoms the female partner develop symptoms consistent with zika virus. >> zika virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes. last week we learned of the first case and north carolina. this is something you should not to, drive towards a tornado. you have to look closely but these drivers dodge one near baton rouge louisiana. they had no drive -- choice but to stop. some of them recorded it. it sounds crazy but they did it. thankfully no one was hurt that there are at least three deaths sohit pasystem that is headed our way and right now let's check in with meteorologist alyssa. this is a serious situation. he said some of the winds can

hour. >> inside of thunderstorms to be winds up to 40 miles per hour. it will be an active day. something we don't typically see in central north carolina let alone in february. 46 degrees now and this is a live picture from our wncn studios and you can see we are looking at the beltway and it is hard to make out the cars because of the fog and rain that we have seen so far. here is the big picture on our satellite radar composite. showing you the big picture because it is an active system and a big one. it is spreading rain towards the great lakes and popping in plenty of moisture around central north carolina. we have seen some storms this morning and some thunder and lightning. nothing that has been severe so far. this is around one exiting the area. look at portions of person county dealing with downpours and right along the virginia board of we are dealing with a little of thunder and lightning

county and southern portions of our area south and west of raleigh looking at another moving through lee county. sanford seen that downpours and here is another round. the thunder and lightning. as far as visibility we are at three of a mile and henderson and louisburg around a mile and rocky mount spent much less, half a mile near goldsboro. slow down as you're heading towards the door. the fog and rain is going to have an impact for you. the temperatures 46 raleigh, 46 zero mid 40s and louisburg that we need warmer air to move into fuel the storms and that is already happening.

59 clayton. hour by hour the best opportunity for the storms will be from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm with that being said rain chances are high end all day long. 67 10:00 am close to 70 at noon high as 70 around 2:00 pm and that's when i think storms will be firing off for us. 69 temperature around 4:00 pm and falling back to 66 by 6:00 pm. mike and i were talking about it outside of thunderstorms cost can be upwards of 40 miles per hour. that is why we are looking at a wind advisory down from the national weather service. and o'clock a.m. continues through midnight. your future forecast looking 7:00 am rain and storms around noon today chances of scattered showers. i think it is after the new mark we see the storms shape up. that is when the warmest air will move and. the potential for two lines of storms at 3:00 pm the line

around the area around 5:00 pm it will slowly exit the area. this is 9:00 pm and most of us to be on the dry run and o'clock p.m. run and o'clock p.m. we can break up the sunshine tomorrow and will need that sunshine. this is something i have not seen in my two half years hereriskor portions of central north carolina. wake county, inside the storm 70 mile-per-hour winds possible: strong tornadoes. high today of 70 in raleigh, 69 jerome and 76 fayetteville. overnight skies were clear falling to 45 and coming up behind all this 54 tomorrow and will be windy, 50 on friday and that mix of clouds and sun. 49 on saturday but 60 on sunday. a stray shower on monday the most of us will start off on a

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morning back -- >> you have to take this seriously. many school systems in north carolina will ship -- closed early. and wayne and edge from county. other school systems keeping a close eye on the weather. this is the message on the chatham county website the possibility for early dismissal as well. moms and dads, way -- paid close attention. -- paid close attention. >> this can be an -- >> . what is going on. once cell and raleigh county