Emergency management teams across the Charlotte area are keeping a close watch on the severe weather, especially the threat of tornadoes Friday afternoon.
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In Chester, crews have their trucks and gear ready to go in case severe weather hits. Officials also emailed volunteer fire chiefs in the county, alerting them to what may be heading toward the Carolinas and making sure they’re ready to respond if needed.
Emergency crews said they will watch the changing forecast throughout the day.
“It’s always the potential of downed trees, powerlines, road blocks, flooding, that type of thing. Then you’re dealing with the issue of tornadoes,” Ed Darby, with Chester County Emergency Management, said.
In a few weeks, for the first time, Chester County will have tornado sirens. A grant paid for three of them. Officials plan to have them installed around the city this month.
Matthews Alive organizers gear up for stormy afternoon
The severe weather is expected to hit just as thousands head to the Matthews Alive event.
Organizers already started setting up the tents Friday morning for the festival, which runs through Labor Day.
Officials said they’re doing their best to make sure the tents don’t get blown away by high winds by weighing them down.
If the weather does get dangerous, police said they will send people to the community center nearby.
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