Storm damage and trees down in Johnston County

Name: Storm damage and trees down in Johnston County
Uploaded: 2025-09-26T02:19:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min 27 s
Description: Viewers reported flooding at Benson Mule Days as storms rolled through the county on Thursday.

Viewers reported flooding at Benson Mule Days as storms rolled through the county on Thursday.

Posted 9/26/2025, 2:19:00 AM Updated 9/26/2025, 8:32:58 AM

COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.

>> AND BREAKING RIGHT NOW, WE

ARE TRACKING RAIN AND A PAIR OF

TROPICAL SYSTEMS TO YOUR LEFT.

YOU CAN SEE THE TROPICS VERY

ACTIVE AT THIS HOUR. WITHIN THE

LAST FEW MINUTES, WE RECEIVED A

BIG UPDATE ON THE SYSTEMS AND

TO YOUR RIGHT, THAT'S VIDEO

FROM OUR WRAL LIVE CAM NETWORK

WHERE WE CAPTURED THE LIGHTNING

IN WILSON. A LOT TO GET TO

TONIGHT. WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE

FOR STORMS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT

AND I'M GERALD OWENS. WE'VE

ALREADY RECEIVED REPORTS OF

DOWNED TREES IN THE AREA AND

DAMAGE REPORTS IN BENSON.

HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE

FLOODING AT MULE DAYS. WATER

UP TO FESTIVAL GOERS KNEES IN

SOME PLACES.

>> THE ISRAELI DANLEY IS LIVE

IN JOHNSTON COUNTY WILL GET

TO HIM IN A FEW MINUTES.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH

METEOROLOGIST MIKE MAZE

SEASONAL AT THE SEVERE WEATHER

CENTER. MIKE, THIS IS A WET

PATTERN THAT'S JUST BEGINNING.

YES, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF A COLD

FRONT THAT'S COMING IN FROM

THE WEST. WE STILL HAVE A

CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS

OVERNIGHT AND CHECK OUT OVER

THE NEXT 5 DAYS. RAINFALL,

PROBABILITIES, FIFTY-FIFTY

CHANCE TOMORROW, 60% TOMORROW

NIGHT SATURDAY, ABOUT A 60%

CHANCE AND IT GOES ON AND ON

AND ON AND BY MONDAY AND

TUESDAY, THERE MAY BE A

TROPICAL TWIST.

>> TO OUR RAINFALL POTENTIAL

ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE

WATCHING IN THE TROPICS.

THIS LITTLE DISTURBANCE HAS

THE POTENTIAL TO FORM INTO THE

NEXT NAMED STORM OF THE

WEEKEND. IT WOULD MOST LIKELY

BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BAHAMAS

WHERE THIS WOULD GET TOGETHER.

AND THEN BERTO THAT'S LIKELY TO

BECOME A HURRICANE AS WE GET

INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. NOW,

HERE'S A BRAND-NEW RUN OF THE

MODEL PLOTS SHOWING WHERE THE

STORM COULD GO BY SUNDAY BY

MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY.

NOW, IF YOU JOINED US EARLIER

TODAY, THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT

WOULD MAKE LANDFALL IN THIS

REGION. HERE IT IS. SHIFTED

FARTHER TO THE NORTH. BOTH THE

EUROPEAN MODEL, THE AMERICAN

MODEL HAD HAVE IT MAKING

LANDFALL SOMEWHERE AROUND

MYRTLE BEACH, BUT BE REMINDED

UNTIL THIS FORMS INTO A CLOSED

AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. THERE'S

REALLY NOTHING FOR THE MODELS

TO INITIALIZE ON. SO THIS WILL

LIKELY BE SPECULATION AT THIS

POLICY, MORE SHIFTS AND MODEL

TRACKS. SO OVER THE WEEKEND,

ONCE THE CLOSE LOW FORMS, WE

WILL GET A BETTER IDEA WHERE

THIS WILL GO. BUT IN THE

MEANTIME, WE ARE LOOKING TO

HAVE A THREAT FROM A TROPICAL

SYSTEM. IT LOOKS LIKE AN

INCREASING THREAT. BARITONE.

TOP WINDS ARE AT 60 MILES PER

HOUR. AGAIN, IT'S LIKELY TO

BECOME A HURRICANE. A MAJOR

STORM. AND BEFORE YOU GET TOO

FOR FRET ABOUT THIS, IT LOOKS

LIKE DUE TO THE TROPICAL MODEL

PLOTS THAT IT WILL LIKELY MOVE

TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND

STAY AWAY FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

IT COULD GET UNCOMFORTABLY

CLOSE. BUT AT THIS POINT WE

DON'T EXPECTED TO MAKE A

LANDFALL. THERE ARE A LOT OF

MOVING PARTS IN OUR FORECAST.

WE ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE FOR

RAIN. WE HAD SEVERE WEATHER IN

BENSON, 4 OAKS WITH REPORTS

OF TREE DAMAGE. THOSE STORMS

HAVE LONG MOVED OUT. WE HAVE

NEW ACTIVITY OVER TOWARD

CHATHAM COUNTY OF MORE STORMS

OFF TO THE WEST WILL LIKELY

SEE US OVERNIGHT. NOT LIKELY TO

BE SEVERE. MORE STORMS POSSIBLE

TOMORROW. OF COURSE, WE HAVE

MULE DAYS CONTINUING. YOU MIGHT

HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS TOMORROW

EVENING SHOULD BE DRY IN THE

MORNING. WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL

FOOTBALL STORMS START POPPING

UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO

THE EVENING AND THEN ALL SHIFT

UP TOWARD THE NORTH. SO SOME OF

THE GAMES MAY BE IMPACTED.

THAT WILL BE DANLEY HAS BEEN IN

THE STORMTRACKER ALL AFTERNOON

TRACKING THE STORM'S. HE'S IN

JOHNSTON COUNTY AND BENSON AND

YOU CAN CHECK OUT ALL THE

DAMAGE THERE.

>> YES, I HAVE MICHAEL TELL

YOU, WE STARTED OUT TODAY IN

THE STORMTRACKER IN WAKE COUNTY

AND HOLLY SPRINGS THERE.

SOME PEOPLE REPORTED SEEING

HAIL FALL DOWN AND HEAVY RAIN.

I'LL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT

WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN

JOHNSTON COUNTY. CLEARLY IT'S

VERY DARK, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE

SATURATION ON THE ROADS.

IT'S VERY WET OUT HERE EARLIER

TODAY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE DID RECEIVE REPORTS

OF DOWNED TREES OFF HODGE

CHAPEL ROAD IN JOHNSTON COUNTY,

ACTUALLY IN BENSON AND MANY OF

THOSE TREES HAD SINCE BEEN

REMOVED. BY THE TIME WE GOT

THERE. BUT YOU COULD SEE ALL OF

THE DEBRIS AND THINGS PUSHED

OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE LIGHTNING TONIGHT WAS ALSO

VERY STRONG. WE ARE GOING TO

CONTINUE TO REMAIN OUT HERE IN

STORMTRACKER AND KEEP AN EYE ON

THESE CONDITIONS. BACK TO YOU.

>> ALRIGHT, WILLIE, THANKS VERY

MUCH, BRIAN SHRADER HERE IN THE

WRAL LIVE CENTER. AND IT'S A

BIG NIGHT IN BENSON. IT WAS AT

THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE ANNUAL

MULE DAYS FESTIVAL. BUT THOSE

STORMS ARE THAT STORM

DEFINITELY LEFT ITS MARK THERE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM

JEFF LAWRENCE RIGHT THERE AT

THE HEART OF IT ALL. THEY SAW

AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF MINOR

FLOODING AND THEY HAD TO WRAP

THINGS UP EARLY ON THIS OPENING

NIGHT, A FUEL DAY. SOME OF THE