Our satellite and radar is clear with nothing to worry about. Temperatures are cool in the 40s. 44 durham. 39 sanford. A chilly start but a nice finish. 69 for the high today but normal is 74. Still below normal today. Warmer weather coming up. Those details next. Keeping a close watch on the tar river. It will crest sometime between 810 am which could force the princeville back to field. Wing to officials to evacuate princeville. They did so sunday morning. Lauren have led joins us live from Edgecombe County with more. Reporter yes we did. We could not even get into the town of princeville because all tarboro night now at st. James street in downtown about half a mile away from the tar river. Its blocked off because of the high water. Lets look at what the tar river looked like yesterday. River is supposed to crest sometime between 810 am this morning and payment how high the water gets it could get to a point that the princeville dike is unable to hold the water. If that happens the
Happened in the area. Wilson a Johnson County have seen fatalities. Peoplhave also died in gates rolling. And bladen countys as well some School Districts arkansan classes again today. Some later in the week. Those include Cumberland Wayne in samson unty. Compared to the 750,000 we had earlier. Kristin catch was here and let people deal with another issues for matthew or a long time. The people have a nice forecast look forwardo we arry o but downstream flooding will be a weill hear about these hih water situations for timto co. Flood warning remains in effect and thats until 10 30 p. M. For parts of the triangle and points east. And also south. Could still be messy. We also have t a dam breaking woodlake dam in moore county so parts of moore county nd parts of hoke county and Cumberland County potentially seeing some flash flooding. We do have our satellite and radar looking good right now we stay dry through the day and things are looking good as we continue through this afternoon af
Team meteorologist Alyssa Corfont who has your forecast. Good morning guys, and good morning at home as well. Because of all of those flooded roads and because some rivers are still rising today, were still looking at Flood Warnings up and down 95 along the sandhills as well. We are talking about wayne county in particular right around the goldsboro area. The neuse river is expected to crest today. Its happening pretty much as we speak, and then well be falling, but kinston river, the neuse river is not expected to crest unt feet. Near the Cape Fear River in fayetteville falling below flood stage by tomorrow morning. So certainly a light at the end of the tunnel for some of you, water though still rising along the tar river as well. Well get to the latest on that in a moment. Lets talk about your satellite and radar composite. We are looking at pretty clear skies as we start off our wednesday morning, which is great news for us as all that water continues to be very high and dangerous.
Again, its creeks and streams that are still overflowing their banks, and were also looking at clogged storm drains causing issues with receding water as well. Lets get to our satellite and radar composite. This is what we like to see as were talking about Flood Warnings and dry conditions for us. No rain expected today, tomorrow, or friday or into the weekend ahead so we can continue to see storm cleanup continue as we head into the rest of the workweek. Lets get to what you need to know planning your day. Yes, it will be 48 degrees around the triangle. Some areas are in the low 40s this morning. Sunshine will still be around at lunchtime, 65. We make it to 72 which isnt far from our noal high of 74, and well be cooling off quickly. We drop to right around 6as we head towards that evening drive home. Make sure you have a jacket as you step outside this morning. 6 01 right now. Lets go ahead and check in with traffic. If youre getting ready to head out the door, no trouble spots. Roadw
Mikaya thurmond is monitoring the power outages. Im lena tilllet. Thank you for joining us. Ts take a look at the school closings. Lets take a look at the school closings. Here we go. Clinton city, Cumberland County schools, Edgecombe County schools are closed. Nation, harnett you county, hoke county closed, and a 1 hour delay moore county, nash, rocky mount, delayed 2 hours. And wayne county schools, so much flooding in the goldsboro area, theyre closed and Wilson County closed again as well. You can find a complete list at the bottom of your and on wral. Com. Weather for a long time for those with the flooding and power outages. The tarboro is expected to crest in the next now hour and also for the neuse river, well take a look at those numbers ming up in a bit. That is pressing in the goldsboro area and then expected to drop down and then coming up in about 15 minutes, well check fayetteville for the Cape Fear River and th opping quickly, good news for Cumberland County. But beaufui