If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for the Piedmont of North Carolina.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ANSON CUMBERLAND EDGECOMBE HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY WAYNE WILSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALBEMARLE, ANGIER, BUIES CREEK, CAMP MACKALL, CARTHAGE, CLAYTON, CLINTON, DUNN, ELLERBE, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, GOLDSBORO, HOPE MILLS, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, PINEHURST, POLKTON, PRINCEVILLE, RAEFORD, ROCKINGHAM, ROSEBORO, SANFORD, SELMA, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING LAKE, TARBORO, TROY, WADESBORO, WAGRAM, AND WILSON.