NORTH CAROLINA — The environment is becoming favorable for storms to redevelop across North Carolina this Wednesday afternoon, with a few capable of turning strong to severe between 3 PM and 9 PM today, April 29, 2026. Most areas will stay dry through the afternoon, but where storms do develop they could pack a significant punch across communities including Asheville, Greenville, Spartanburg, Charlotte, and the Raleigh-Durham corridor. A tornado threat that is not zero exists east of Interstate 77 in North Carolina, where just enough wind energy is present in the atmosphere to support rotation with the strongest storms.
Environment Becoming Favorable for Storm Redevelopment This Afternoon Across the Region
The RRFS experimental model valid for this afternoon shows scattered storm development firing across a broad area from the western Carolinas eastward through Charlotte and into the Raleigh-Durham corridor between 3 PM and 9 PM. The atmosphere has recovered enough after this morning’s activity to support isolated strong to severe storm development during the peak afternoon and early evening heating hours…