Saturday brings a little change in the weather pattern as a backdoor cold front slides south. Temperatures won't be as aggressive with a few clouds in place. We could see an isolated shower or thunderstorm pop up during the afternoon.
Rock Hill city officials host a news conference to provide updates on their response to Tropical Depression Helene.
WCCB Meteorologist James Scott was live on-air reporting about a massive tree that fell across South York Street in Gastonia when a vehicle nearly drove into the tree during the broadcast.
Gov. Cooper provides updates on Helene's impacts on N.C. Helene has dumped heavy rain across the state which has caused catastrophic flooding and produced damaging wind that has knocked out power to more than a million people.
Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) early Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
Much of Alexander County has already received over 6” of rain since Thursday morning, inundating rivers, roads, and neighborhoods - and the worst is still yet to come.
Mandatory evacuations are underway in Taylorsville due to flooding from Hurricane Helene.
Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night.
A strong storm moved through Blowing Rock Wednesday evening spawning a confirmed EF-1 tornado
