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The WRAL Weather Alert Day extends through Monday night, with much of central and eastern North Carolina under a flood watch. The conditions are right for flooding any time through 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

WRAL Weather Alert Day: Thunderstorms, flood risk return Monday night

<p>I'm meteorologist Kat Campbell. Showers and storms have developed along the stalled front in North Carolina. The storms are likely to move kind of over the same cities over and over again, and this is one of the reasons why it's a WRAL weather alert day. The flood watch is in effect until 2 a.m. While we could see some gusty winds within storms, it's really that heavy rain threat and flooding that we're most concerned about. Just keep in mind it may make it easy for trees to fall. The flood watch includes most of our area and really much of North Carolina. We've seen flash flood warnings both yesterday and today, with 4 to 6 inches of rain being reported in parts of Nash, Wilson, and Edgecombe counties. They've certainly seen the worst of the flooding so far, but we could see some more storm cells that dump really heavy rain like that throughout the evening. Especially after about 6 p.m., coverage may grow on the radar and last through about midnight before things turn a bit more isolated overnight. Storm chances more scattered on Tuesday, much lower Wednesday. Another fronts on the way Thursday, and we're going to have to keep an eye on the severe threat for Thursday. After that, we break out of this pattern and finally rain chances dropped to 20% by the weekend and early next week. The downside is, it's gonna get a lot hotter with less rain and less clouds out there. High temperatures should jump into the mid to upper 90s.</p>

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