CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two tornadoes were confirmed from Wednesday's storms. The longer twister began in Cleveland County and ended in Gaston County while the shorter one was within Gaston County limits. Both of these EF-1 tornadoes had winds of 110 mph and caused widespread damage along with straight-line winds of 65+ mph.
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Rest of Friday
If you live in areas south and southeast of Charlotte, including Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield, southern Union, Anson, and Richmond counties, storms are likely to develop including hail around one inch, heavy rain and gusty winds. The Charlotte metro is clear from any severe weather threat.
Once the front has passed, much lower humidity moves into the Carolinas. This is really the crown jewel of the weekend forecast! Dew points will plummet to some of the lowest numbers since March.
Saturday & Sunday
Lows Saturday morning will drop to the upper 40s and low 50s across the Charlotte area. These will be some of the coolest lows in weeks but mainly some of the lowest dew points in even longer than that! It's setting up to be a perfect weekend for the Wells Fargo Championship, Charlotte FC, and to celebrate Mother's Day.
Highs on Saturday will reach the low-mid 70s under a mostly sunny sky. Lows Sunday morning will again fall to near 50 degrees with the upper 70s by Sunday afternoon.
A rainy and stormy pattern returns by mid-next week so enjoy the pleasant and calm weekend!
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