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WATCH: Drier week before a fall chill!

WATCH: Drier week before a fall chill!
SO STAY AWAY. HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, NO TIME TO GO TO A PARK TODAY. LANIE: DEFINITELY INDOOR PROJECTS. I GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE INSIDE THIS WEEKEND. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND WATCHING TV. WE HAVE THE RAIN STILL COMING DOWN, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOGGY. SOME OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE HIGH. EVEN THE YADKIN RIVER IS HIGH. THIS IS THE CREEK THAT IS BEHIND THE ELKIN LIBRARY. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING HIGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WATER WILL RECEIVE AS WE HEAD INTO A DRIER WORKWEEK AHEAD. WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER AT YADKIN COLLEGE. THERE IS A FLOOD WARNING FOR MINOR FLOODING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. THE YADKIN WILL CREST AT YADKIN COLLEGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. JUST 20 FEET FLOOD STAGE IS AT 18 FEET. HERE IS WHY. WE HAVE SEEN EASILY 2, 3, ALMOST FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN MANY COMMUNITIES. MORE THAN THREE IN WINSTON-SALEM, MORE THAN THREE IN THE TOWNS OF STANLEYVILLE, HAMPTONVILLE, TOBACCOVILLE, ENNICE, IN NORTH WILKESBORO, CLOSE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. YOU SEE THIS MAP, THE GREEN IS EASILY ONE INCH OF RAIN AND THE YELLOW ABOUT THREE IN MANY SPOTS. MANY PEOPLE GETTING A SOAKING THANKS TO THIS REMNANT LOW DELTA AND AN ATTENDANT LOW THAT HAS FORMED ALONG THAT TRIPLE POINT PUSHING NORTH AND EAST THROUGH OUR AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS BEHIND US, BUT WE WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT. FOG AND DRIZZLE. WE WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP THROUGH MORNING WITH ISOLATED STORMS AND EVENING TO OUR SOUTH EAST, WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TONIGHT. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT STILL PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT. . OF FLOODING. AGAIN, COOLING INTO THE -- POOLING TO THE STREAMS, CREEKS. THEN WE PONDING ON ROADWAYS. NOT MUCH ADDITIONAL RAIN TOMORROW, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A SPOTTY SHOWER TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA. LIGHT RAIN IN THE LATEST BLUE ON THE SCREEN. YOU SEE LIGHT RAIN TOWARD HIGH ROCK LAKE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN FORSYTH INTO YADKIN COUNTY. MODERATE RAIN BETWEEN MOUNT AIRY AND HILLSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 52. THAT STORM THREAT FOR FOLKS DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST, IT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE DAY. THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. ONE IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SEVERAL THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN SEE THAT FRONT THAT SEPARATES US FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER. WE ARE STABLE TODAY. STEADY RAIN AND CLOUDS. 50’S AND 60’S. THAT MOIST UNSTABLE AIR TO THE SOUTH WHERE HIGHS WERE IN THE 80’S. OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN HOLDING STEADY. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DROP A LOT TONIGHT. LOW TO MID-60’S. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS SCATTERED AROUND. NOTHING TOO HEAVY. DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WE WILL SEE CLOUDS THINNING. I CANNOT TAKE OUT THE TRANSFER RAIN. -- THE CHANCE FOR RAIN. HERE IS HOW TOMORROW WILL LOOK. THE 12 HOUR FORECAST HAS LOW 60’S. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 70’S BY AFTERNOON. LESS AND LESS OF A CHANCE OF RAIN. A LITTLE MORE SUN SIGN -- SUNSHINE BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60’S TOMORROW AFTER SOME FOG AND SOME DRIZZLE. PERHAPS A SHOWER. WE ARE GOING TO START TO GET INTO THAT COLD CANADIAN FRONT PATTERN. YOU CAN SEE THE COLD AIR AND IT IS GOING TO SHOW UP ON OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE ARE WARM AHEAD OF THE FRONTS. UPPER 70’S MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COOLER BEHIND A FRONT WEDNESDAY. THAT SECOND FRONT REALLY HAS SOME CHILLY FALL AIR THAT WILL TAKE US DOWN INTO THE 40’S FOR THE WEEKE
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WATCH: Drier week before a fall chill!
WATCH: Drier week before a fall chill!

WATCH: Drier week before a fall chill!

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