A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect through 8 p.m. for the entire Charlotte metro and surrounding communities, including Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties. The strongest storms could produce wind gusts as high as 70 mph, hail and torrential rain.
Weather should improve over the weekend for the rest of the Wells Fargo Championship.
Showers and isolated storms with gusty winds are possible for the start of the Wells Fargo Championship tournament at Quail Hallow Club, in south Charlotte on Thursday.
Scattered storms will develop this afternoon and evening, some of the storms will be severe.
The strong line of storms that pushed through the WCCB viewing area caused downed trees and power outages.
A storm system that rocked the United States' East Coast cost people their lives and families their homes.
Time-lapse video from WCCB's Uptown camera catches the moment the storm arrived!
A tornado warning has been issued for Chesterfield County, South Carolina as a line of storms moves through the area.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of North Carolina and South Carolina and will last until Wednesday evening.
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