Warnings canceled after storms move through Piedmont

Posted on: 2:56 pm, August 8, 2012, by Scott Gustin, updated on: 05:25pm, August 8, 2012

A series of storms left thousands of people without power Wednesday afternoon in the Piedmont Triad.

Duke Energy is reporting over 4,500 outages in Guilford County as of 5 p.m.

No warning or watches are currently in effect after the storms moved from the Virginia line to the Southern Piedmont.

Randolph County’s severe thunderstorm warning expired around 4:45 p.m.

Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm over Alamance around 3:39 p.m.,, or about 7 miles southeast of Graham. The storm then moved southeast at 30 mph.

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Clouds near Lake Jeanette (Credit: Chase Rowland)
Storm near UNCG (Credit: UNCG)
View from east Burlington (Credit: April Cutter)
Location not provided: Courtesy of Tyler O.
I-40 west in Burlington (Credit: Alan Cervantes)
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Near Madison
Storm cloud near BB&T Field in WS (Credit: Marty Vitale)
Stormy Sky in Burlington
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Storm clouds in southern Alamance (Credit: Emily D. McPherson)
No location given (Courtesy of Debbie Moore-Rodriguez)
Hold on Gibsonville...something wicked this way comes!
Rainbow near Randleman (Credit: Jeremy Webb)
Approaching Storm in Burlington
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