Mecklenburg and surrounding counties were under a tornado watch until midnight Wednesday. The forecast calls for showers or thunderstorms before 11 p.m., then showers likely.
Here’s the alert from the National Weather Service:
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 890/891
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
NCC025-059-119-159-179-SCC023-091-170500-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.A.0891.000000T0000Z-111117T0500Z/
TORNADO WATCH 891 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA
CABARRUS DAVIE MECKLENBURG
ROWAN UNION
IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
CHESTER YORK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CHARLOTTE…CHESTER…CONCORD…
MOCKSVILLE…MONROE…ROCK HILL AND SALISBURY.
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