ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Strong storms capable of producing damaging winds and a few tornadoes could move through Western North Carolina early Monday as a powerful weather system crosses the region, forecasters said.
The U.S. National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg said a line of severe thunderstorms is expected to move across the North Carolina mountains between about 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday, reaching areas east of the mountains later in the morning.
While the highest risk for severe weather is expected farther east of the mountains, forecasters said Western North Carolina could still see damaging straight-line winds and isolated tornadoes as the storms move through.
Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening ahead of the main system, but the more organized line of storms is expected overnight into Monday morning as a cold front pushes across the region…