Tornado warnings and other severe weather alerts were issued across much of central North Carolina and southern Virginia for several hours Thursday evening.
Central NC gets severe storms, damaging winds, dampen Halloween festivities
The weather took a toll on festivities across the area, including on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill:
Damaging winds, possible tornadoes dampen Halloween festivities
Severe weather caused power outages across the state.
Earlier, 40,000 were without power in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville Power Outage
As of 11:15 p.m., power outages in the Triangle have since cleared.
The sun was out and shining bright earlier. And although that sounds good, the warm air provides fuel for storms.
The biggest threat from Thursday's storms was damaging wind, with gusts up to 50 mph.
Rain is not typical on Halloween. In fact, it has only rained once in the last nine years during trick-or-treat time.
On average it rains one out of every four Halloweens in Central North Carolina.
Still, many had fun throughout the Triangle.