A severe thunderstorm watch was issued by the NWS Wakefield VA on Sunday at 9:40 a.m. in effect until 3 p.m. The watch is for Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties.

On Saturday at 2:54 p.m. a wind advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC valid for Sunday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The advisory is for Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover,

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, a strain of bird flu, has been confirmed in eastern North Carolina. The counties with confirmed cases are Hyde and Tyrrell. Still, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission,