Tracking closures for March 16, 2026
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Multiple faculty districts within the Charlotte area had been adjusting their schedules for Monday attributable to doubtlessly extreme climate within the forecast.
Waves of doubtless extreme thunderstorms may convey harmful winds and remoted tornadoes to the Carolinas between Sunday night time and Monday, March 16. Some faculty districts had been closing as a result of forecast.
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Damaging winds, remoted tornadoes doable
Showers and storms had been within the forecast Sunday, March 15 into Monday, March 16. Showers had been taking place all through the area on Sunday night.
By round 8 am Monday, waves of showers and storms will arrive in western-central North Carolina, and can transfer eastward. Showers and storms had been anticipated to final by way of early-to-mid-afternoon for the Charlotte area, together with components of South Carolina.
Those storms may produce harmful winds with gusts round 60 mph. Isolated tornadoes might be doable as a result of storms.
If a twister warning is issued in your space, take motion instantly and discover applicable shelter. If a twister watch is issued, meaning a twister is feasible and that you must put together.
Powerful winds may down tree limbs and energy strains, doubtlessly inflicting energy outages in the course of the storms.
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Following Monday’s storms, temperatures will drop and a few components of the mountains will briefly see snow. Springlike climate will return later this week.
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