THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 680 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ALAMANCE CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DURHAM EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GRANVILLE HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ANGIER, APEX, BUIES CREEK, BURLINGTON, CAMP MACKALL, CARRBORO, CARTHAGE, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, CLINTON, CREEDMOOR, DUNN, DURHAM, ELLERBE, ENFIELD, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, FRANKLINTON, GOLDSBORO, GRAHAM, HENDERSON, HILLSBOROUGH, HOPE MILLS, KITTRELL, KNIGHTDALE, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, LOUISBURG, MEBANE, NASHVILLE, NORLINA, OXFORD, PINEHURST, PITTSBORO, PRINCEVILLE, RAEFORD, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKINGHAM, ROCKY MOUNT, ROSEBORO, ROUGEMONT, ROXBORO, SANFORD, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA, SILER CITY, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING HOPE, SPRING LAKE, TARBORO, WAGRAM, WAKE FOREST, WARRENTON, AND WILSON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALAMANCE, NC ... CHATHAM, NC ... CUMBERLAND, NC ... DURHAM, NC ... EDGECOMBE, NC ... FRANKLIN, NC ... GRANVILLE, NC ... HALIFAX, NC ... HARNETT, NC ... HOKE, NC ... JOHNSTON, NC ... LEE, NC ... MOORE, NC ... NASH, NC ... ORANGE, NC ... PERSON, NC ... RICHMOND, NC ... SAMPSON, NC ... SCOTLAND, NC ... VANCE, NC ... WAKE, NC ... WARREN, NC ... WAYNE, NC ... WILSON, NC
