* WHAT. Heat index values on Sunday will be as high as 108. * WHERE. The eastern Piedmont, Triangle, eastern Sandhills, and Coastal Plain. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* WHAT. Heat index values on Sunday will be as high as 107. * WHERE. Anson, Granville, Halifax, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Vance, and Warren Counties. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* WHAT. Heat index values up to 108 expected. * WHERE. Portions of northeast North Carolina and central, east central, eastern, south central, and southeast Virginia. * WHEN. From 11 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* WHAT. Heat index values up to 108. * WHERE. For all but the Northwest Piedmont. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

At 433 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Kinston to near Deep Run to near Beulaville. Movement was east at 15 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Kinston, Phillips Crossroads, Richlands, Beulaville, Deep Run, Comfort, Fort Barnwell, Potters Hill, Petersburg, Pleasant Hill, Wyse Fork, Richlands South, Pink Hill, Lyman, Dover, Sandy Bottom, Cove City, Hargetts Crossroads, and Trenton.

At 415 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Henderson, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Henderson, Oxford, Warrenton, Norlina, Kittrell, Stovall, Middleburg, Macon, Ingleside, and Gillburg.

* WHAT. Heat index values up to 107. * WHERE. For all those except the Western Piedmont. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* WHAT. Heat index values 105 to 109 degrees. * WHERE. Portions of northeast North Carolina and central, east central, eastern, south central, and southeast Virginia. * WHEN. Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* WHAT. Heat index values up to 110. * WHERE. Most of eastern North Carolina. * WHEN. Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 491 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA GRANVILLE HALIFAX PERSON VANCE WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CREEDMOOR, ENFIELD, HENDERSON, KITTRELL, NORLINA, OXFORD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROXBORO, SCOTLAND NECK, AND WARRENTON.