If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central North Carolina.

At 925 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking clusters of strong thunderstorms from near Lillington to Smithfield to near Wilson, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Frequent lightning, very heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Goldsboro, Smithfield, Lillington, Fort Bragg, Wilson, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Dunn, and Angier.