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The National Weather Service has issued a warning that a frontal system moving across eastern North Carolina this weekend could bring strong to marginally severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts, and soundside coastal flooding.

Rainy weather will arrive on Saturday morning.

The storm system could produce a brief tornado and damaging wind gusts are possible Saturday afternoon and evening.

The strong westerly winds will result in elevated water levels for sound side of the Outer Banks north of Ocracoke Inlet Sunday night into Monday morning.

Updates on this forecast will be forthcoming as necessary.

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