A strong line of severe weather is headed into the Charlotte region Wednesday.
WBTV Meteorologist Al Conklin says the biggest threat will be damagining winds.
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. for the entire WBTV viewing area except for Watauga, Anson and Stanly counties.
A Tornado Watch doesn't mean that a tornado is imminent, rather, weather conditions are in place for the potential for a tornado to develop.
There is a Flood Watch out for the mountains, Conklin said, and with the potential for 2-3 inches of rain there, flooding may be an issue. Much less of a threat east of the mountains, where an inch or so of rain is expected to move through in pretty quick fashion.
"Isolated tornadoes are a very real possibility, the wind shear and energy with this system is incredible, as there's a 100 mile per hour jet stream just above our heads," Conklin said. "Some of that energy will likely be brought down to the surface in strong storms today, but if we don't break the clouds much, it may be difficult for the full potential to be reached."
The greatest severe weather threat will move from west to east across the region, starting in the mountains shortly after lunchtime and ending east of Charlotte around 9 p.m.
Downed trees were already being reported down in Burke County Wednesday morning. Power lines were down on Ferncliff Road in Gaston County from high winds.
One person is dead from severe weather that swept through Tennessee in the early morning hours.
Damage from gusty winds is possible even away from the storms right through Thursday morning.
A house caught fire in Lincolnton from winds blowing down power lines.
Trees have also been reported down in the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood of Charlotte.
Flash flooding has been reported in creeks and streams around Boone. The bridge over the Watauga River on Dewitt Barnett Road is reportedly under water.
The high for Wednesday was 77 degrees, one degree shy of the record, 78 degrees?set in 2002.
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