The National Weather Service on Saturday issued a severe thunderstorm watch for more than 50 counties across North Carolina, including Wake, Durham and Orange counties.
A watch means that the risk of the weather event has significantly increased, though timing or location is still uncertain, according to NWS. The watch is in effect for those counties until 8 p.m.
NWS on Saturday morning issued a hazardous weather outlook for nearly 20 counties — including Wake, Durham and Orange — that forecast scattered thunderstorms with strong wind gusts in central North Carolina that could move toward the southeast in the afternoon and evening…