A weather alert issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Thursday at 9:31 p.m. is warning residents of strong thunderstorms until 10:15 p.m. The alert is for Inland Onslow and Coastal Onslow as well as Duplin and Jones counties.

A weather alert issued by the NWS Raleigh NC on Monday at 11:54 p.m. is warning residents of patchy fog until Tuesday at 5 a.m. The alert is for Davidson, Randolph, Chatham, Wake, Johnston, Stanly, Montgomery,

A slug of moisture that impacted the Gulf Coast with Tornado Warnings and flash flooding is expected to cause heavy rainfall across the eastern Carolinas. Expected rainfall totals could approach an inch along the I-40 corridor and 2-4 inches along the Outer Banks.

On Thursday at 7:29 a.m. a coastal flood advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC. The advisory is for Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a coastal flood watch at 3:35 p.m. on Wednesday valid from Friday 1 a.m. until Saturday 10 a.m. The watch is for Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island.

A cold front traveling across the country will help to enhance showers and thunderstorms across the mid-Atlantic during the second half of the workweek, but forecasters are watching for the development of an area of low pressure,