Thursday Evening...

Some active storms this afternoon. Reports of multiple trees down in Gaston county 5 miles southeast of Cherryville and penny size hail along Hwy 52 in Stanly county.

It was also a hot one. Looks like Gastonia topped out at 98.

You might have noticed some issues with News 14 Carolina today. We had some fairly major computer problems, and due to that fact, some old information ran on the air for a good chuck of the afternoon while our engineering staff fixed the problem. Thankfully, everything was back up and running properly right in time for the first severe thunderstorm warning to be issued.

Hopefully, all of the issues have been ironed out and we will have smooth sailing tomorrow.

A quick note about Chris. The system has tried to develop some deep convection on the east side of the circulation center, but you can clearly see that fairly strong northerly shear is still affecting Chris. Take a look at this link and notice the thunderstorms getting blown off to the south soon after they form. So, all in all, the environment around Chris remains hostile this evening. But, the low level circulation is still very much in tact, so Chris still has a pulse.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-avn.html