Tropical Storm Elsa continues to move northeast, now into Virginia. The impacts from Elsa will continue to diminish through Thursday night. 

What You Need To Know

  • Some rain bands still moving across the coastal plain

  • Rain and gusty wind threat ending tonight

  • High rip current risk along the coast tomorrow
 

The 8 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center shows Elsa quickly moving northeast through Virginia. With the storm convection north and east of the center, rain has subsided from several areas. 

Only a few lone bands of showers and storms remained across the Coastal Plain this evening. Those will continue to move off the coast. 

Rainfall reports

Heavy rain drenched a narrow area across central North Carolina. From Fort Bragg to the Raleigh-Triangle area, some locations recorded more than 3 inches of rainfall.

 

Tornado reports

Several spin-up tornadoes were reported across the Triangle and Coastal Plain. However, no significant damage was reported. The tornado threat is essentially done for this evening. 

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Dangerous surf conditions

Well ahead of Elsa, rip currents have been a problem along some of North Carolina's beaches. Lifeguards at Wrightsville Beach have reported several dozen rip current rescues since the July 4.  

Rip currents are powerful channels of water that can pull even experienced swimmers away from shore.

Even with Elsa's departure, there's a high risk for those rip currents along much of the coast Friday. 

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