NWS: Strong frontal system bringing impacts through the weekend

A frontal system impacting our area this weekend is capable of bringing strong to marginally severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts, and sound-side coastal flooding.

Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms capable of producing a brief tornado and damaging wind gusts are possible Saturday afternoon and evening. Strong westerly winds will result in elevated water levels for sound-side Outer Banks north of Ocracoke Inlet Sunday night into Monday morning.