A tornado watch has been issued for Hampton Roads and North Carolina as Hurricane Helene, now downgraded to a tropical storm, makes its way across the southern United States. Tornadoes and damaging wind gusts are possible until 6 p.

Outer bands of Hurricane Helene could bring potentially severe weather to northeast North Carolina and Hampton Roads, starting Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service Raleigh has issued a flood watch for several counties across central North Carolina Thursday. A flood watch was issued for Person, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Chatham, Wake,

On Friday at 8:05 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in effect until 6 p.m. The watch is for Cabarrus, Mecklenburg and Union counties.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for much of central North Carolina, including Durham, Wake and surrounding counties for Friday until 6 p.m. A watch means conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Tornado Watch for several counties including Southampton and Isle of Wight, as well as Suffolk and other cities across northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia,

A tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 9:01 p.m. in effect until Friday at 8 a.m. The watch is for Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and York counties.

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast, making landfall late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing with 140 mph winds, torrential rain and a record storm surge before moving inland across Georgia and the Carolinas.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Tornado Watch for much of the region throughout Friday. The watch is expected to be in effect until 6 p.m. on Sept. 27. The effected areas can be found below: According to the NWS,