ABOVE: The latest forecast update from Severe Weather Center 9. To stay on top of changing weather conditions, be sure to download our free WSOC-TV weather app.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS:
- Mecklenburg and Gaston counties until 6:15 p.m.
FORECAST:
- Heat index values are expected to reach the 100 to 104 range for several hours across much of the Piedmont on Wednesday afternoon.
- Thunderstorms in the forecast are expected to cool things down, fortunately.
- More clouds and storms on Thursday and Friday will keep high temperatures from getting too out of control.
- Weekend conditions will be much of the same: Cooling showers, and highs in the upper 80s.
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