Brad Panovich severe weather VLOG 8/7/2023: A significant risk of severe weather will move into the Charlotte, North Carolina, region Monday afternoon. The primary threat will be damaging winds with the storms hitting the Charlotte metro after 5 p.m.

In this video, chief meteorologist Brad Panovich breaks down the timing of Monday's storms and looks at the biggest threats. As of now, North Carolina and South Carolina could see damaging winds over 60 mph, heavy rain, lightning, small hail, flash flooding due to heavy rain and spin-up tornadoes along the front.

Panovich says the biggest risk is straight-line winds. "Wind, wind, wind is the issue," Panovich says. "Yes, there could be some isolated tornadoes, but wind is wind, folks."

Brad Panovich says winds up to 80 mph during downbursts could cuause significant damage in the Charlotte region. Monday's damaging winds outlook is 45%, which is extremely rare, according to Panovich.

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