NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0331 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026
AREAS AFFECTED...portions of southeastern Virginia...eastern North
Carolina...portions of northern South Carolina
CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch likely
VALID 282031Z - 282230Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 percent
SUMMARY...Severe potential to increase through the evening.
DISCUSSION...Mid-level cloud cover has been in place across much of
North Carolina to the coast through the morning/early afternoon.
This has led to slow air mass recovery behind morning convection. A
few breaks in the clouds are shifting eastward, with a few hours of
daytime heating left ....... more