If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until noon EDT for central North Carolina.

At 826 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southeast of Pittsboro, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Cary, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Apex, Holly Springs, Micro, Wendell, and Kenly.