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According to the National Weather Service, several downed trees were reported in Willow Springs, and several viewers told WRAL News they saw multiple downed trees along Interstate 40 between Raleigh and Benson.

Multiple trees toppled Sunday afternoon as severe storms moved through central NC

<p>KNOW THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL WAS WANTED FOR MURDER. LET'S START WITH THIS STORM DAMAGE ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT. TREES ARE DOWN ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT IT WASN'T A TORNADO THAT CAUSED IT AND AT LEAST ONE CASE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, IT WAS A MICROBURST WHEN THE STORM, RUSSIAN DRESSING WIND AND RAIN CAME DOWN ONTO THE GROUND. WELL, GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M JULIAN GRACE IS THIS IS WHAT A LEVEL TO CAN BRING AND THAT'S WHY IS THE WRAL WEATHER ALERT DAY. LET'S GET TO METEOROLOGIST ANTHONY IN THE WRAL SEVERE WEATHER CENTER IN ANTHONY. ARE WE CLEAR AT THIS POINT AS YOU AND THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION FOR US. WE HAVE PROBABLY I WOULD SAY ANOTHER HOUR OR SO BEFORE THINGS START TO SETTLE DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE STORMS PUSHING OUT. &gt;&gt; SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, THOUGH, AT THE MOMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ACROSS THE AREA. WE STILL HAVE SOME POTENT CELLS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. LET'S GET THIS OVER TO RADAR. TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT. AND AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW, THINGS DO LOOK A WHOLE LOT BETTER. HERE'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY SIT THERE. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THIS STORM MOTION, IF YOU WILL, IS PUSHING TO THE NORTHEAST AT THE MOMENT. THERE'S DEFINITELY STILL SOME LIGHTNING SHOWING UP RIGHT AROUND AND BACK TOWARD FAYETTEVILLE, HOPE MILLS I-NINETY-FIVE. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY MESSY DRIVE HERE THIS EVENING. EVEN THAT'S WHAT ANGERS SOME LIGHT DEFINITELY START TO TAPER OFF A LITTLE BIT AS WE GET CLOSER. LET'S SAY SANFORD, SOUTHERN PINES, YOU ARE LIKELY DONE WITH MOST OF THE COVERAGE THIS EVENING. WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THERE TO WHERE THE RADAR SPINNING AROUND IN WENDELL, CLAYTON RALLY. JUST A COUPLE SPRINKLES. I KNOW WE'VE MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF THIS RAIN THIS EVENING. IT'S BEEN VERY SCATTERED IN NATURE. BUT WHEN IT HAS KIND OF FORMED IN BEEN ABLE TO COME DOWN, IT'S COME DOWN WITH SOME POTENCY LIKE WE SAW EARLIER THIS EVENING. HERE'S FUTURECAST THAT WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AGAIN, WINDING DOWN. I THINK BY THE AT THE LATEST MIDNIGHT, BUT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WE WAKE UP MONDAY MORNING. NICE AND CALM. NO PROBLEMS. YOU WON'T EVEN NEED THE RAIN GEAR TOMORROW MORNING TO START. THERE'S A LOOK AT 8 O'CLOCK. BUT THEN DURING THE EVENING TOMORROW, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER SHOT AT SOME OF THESE STORMS COMING THROUGH. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE KIND OF AS POTENT AS WE'VE SEEN THIS EVENING WIND AND KIND OF ALL THE ISSUES WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE. BUT STILL POTENTIALLY SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FOR US TOMORROW. EVEN JOINED. WE DO, THOUGH, HAVE A NICE TREAT AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS STORM ACTIVITY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL BE HERE AS FAR AS OUR WEATHER IS CONCERNED COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, ANTHONY. EARLIER TONIGHT, WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES GOT US A GOOD VIEW OF SOME OF THE STORM DAMAGE. NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU. &gt;&gt; WHAT THE DRIVE LOOK LIKE FOR HER FROM RALEIGH TO BENSON. THIS EVENING. THIS RIGHT HERE, SANDERS ROAD CARS MOVE SLOWLY TO AVOID A LOT OF TREE DEBRIS ON THE ROAD AND IS THE DOT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE HIGHWAY TOLD US THERE WERE A FEW TREES. THEY HAD TO REMOVE FROM THE ROAD. THE REST WERE LARGE TREES THAT WERE LEANING ACROSS GUARDRAILS IN ONE TO THE SHOULDER. TRAFFIC HAD TO MERGE TO ONE LANE TO AVOID SOME OF THOSE BIG LIMBS THAT NC DEAL. T REPRESENTATIVE SAID AS FAR AS THEY KNEW THAT LINE OF TREES DOWN ON I-40 WAS THE WORST DAMAGE ON MAIN ROADS THEY HAD SEEN FROM STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. VIEWERS HAVE BEEN SENDING US VIDEO OF THE STORM DAMAGE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS WAS THE SCENE ON ZACKS MILL ROAD IN JOHNSON COUNTY EARLIER TONIGHT IN MOVING THIS MASSIVE TREE REQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF CHAINSAW WORK. VIEWERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SITTING IN PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE FROM TONIGHT'S STORMS. THESE TREES ARE ON SANDERS ROAD AND OLD TREE COURT IN WILLOW SPRING, MORE THAN 800 CUSTOMERS IN THAT COMMUNITY WERE WITHOUT POWER. TONIGHT, YOU CAN BE A WRAL. WEATHER WATCHERS. SHOW US WHAT CONDITIONS ARE LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE. IF YOU HAVE A PHOTO OR VIDEO TO SHARE WITH US, GO TO WRAL DOT COM SLASH WEATHER</p>

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