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A WRAL Weather Alert Day has been issued for Monday due to the threat of isolated tornadoes and flash flooding.


ð¨WRAL Weather Alert Dayð¨ Flash flooding, storms with isolated tornadoes possible Monday

Good Monday morning. I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels and man, it's been a stormy and wet start to the day. I think some of us got woken up overnight by some of those storms that passed through. More storms are forecast as we head into the afternoon. It looks like they'll be scattered and there could be a handful of stronger ones, especially near and east of the triangle. That would be late afternoon and into the evening, futurecast showing the front that we've been tracking for the past several days. Notice by 1 p.m. we mainly dry. It's really late afternoon that you see some of those scattered storms and you see those again, mostly popping up near to the east of the triangle. Even overnight. We stand the chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. Maybe not quite as plentiful as what we saw overnight last night, but still something we'll keep an eye on for you. High temperatures today. About 84 to 86 from Roxboro to Durham and Rocky Mount to Raleigh, Southern Pines in Fayetteville, about 87 to 89 degrees. Much of the week is going to be characterized by this block or holding pattern that it keeps low pressure just to our west. And what this is going to do is funnel in the moisture for daily storm chances. It's some tropical moisture at times. So that's what's going to lead to the chance for some localized flooding, especially Thursday as we give you kind of the rundown of rain totals. And then this is cumulative, basically saying by Friday that we see anywhere from 3 to 4 inches spread out over a few days, some of that is needed. But again, when you have that tropical moisture sitting over the area, you can't completely rule out some localized flooding and that mainly pertains to afternoon and evening hours. But keep checking back for updates on the forecast as the timing of storms may change from day to day. Tuesday, looking hotter with a high temperature of 91. Once again, looking at some hit or miss showers and storms that will then become more numerous late in the week. That's why Thursday and Friday, high temperatures are only 82 to 83 will turn warmer and slightly drier this coming weekend.

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