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Severe storms bring hail, winds to viewing area

Friday, April 29, 2016
Hail, and high winds caused headaches across the area.
Severe storms brought hail, lightning, winds and heavy rain to much of the ABC11 viewing area Thursday evening.

On Arizona Drive in Raleigh, a tree came crashing down just a few inches away from a mobile home. Neighbors said it just missed a young girl.

In Garner, a lightning strike trigged a fire in a home's attic. And it appeared lightning may have caused a utility pole to split on Smith Road at Stephenson Road in Apex.

The high winds also knocked a tree into the middle of Brookhollow Road in Orange County.

Hail, some as big as a quarter, in Sanford.WTVD
Hail accumulates in Sanford.WTVD
Hail in Fayetteville.WTVD
A tree damages a home in Cary.WTVD
Hail at a front door in the Bunnlevel / Fonville area.WTVD
Hail in Wake Forest.WTVD
A tree damages a home in Cary.WTVD
Hail and wind damage. Power lines are down.WTVD
long lasting hail storm in Bunnlevel.WTVD
Some serious straight line winds came through Rolesville. Big trees down, flooding and hail.WTVD
Hail around Jordan Lake.WTVD
Thunderstorm in Raeford.WTVD
217 South of Erwin, NC on Byrd's Mill RdWTVD
Huge hail in Chatham County.WTVD
In Semora. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Raleigh. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28. This is in Angier.WTVD
In Cary. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Rougemont. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Raleigh. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28. And a rainbow in Dunn.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Dobson. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Rolesville. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Apex. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Angier. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Dunn. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Raleigh. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
In Lillington. Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD
Severe storms brought hail, winds to Central North Carolina on Thursday, April 28.WTVD


Most of the storms had moved through by 9 p.m.



Friday, we will have a dry day in the wake of a cold front that will push south of the region in the morning.



Temperatures will remain above average with partial sunshine. It will then turn cooler Friday night and Saturday with high pressure to the north and a light northeast flow near the surface.
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A storm system will then lift northeastward on Sunday from the Mississippi Valley and spread showers and storms back to our area Sunday right on through Monday.

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