Hurricane Helene showers arrived in Charlotte Thursday morning, as the North Carolina mountains braced for up to 20” of rain and what the National Weather Service has labeled “catastrophic flooding.” At 10 a.

We are expecting on-and-off heavy rain as we go throughout the day out ahead of Helene, which will start to move in overnight.

Rain, which could be heavy at times, and the potential for an isolated tornado will continue Thursday evening. This rain is all in advance of Hurricane Helene, nearing landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane along the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Hurricane Helene is set reach the Carolinas Thursday night, bringing “catastrophic, life threatening” flooding with 9 inches to 14 inches of additional rainfall, according to a National Weather Service advisory in Greenville,