CHARLOTTE, NC. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Severe weather in the Charlotte area Wednesday evening has brought power outages and airport delays.
Tree falls onto I-77
A tree fell onto Interstate 77 in Huntersville around 9:30 p.m., blocking the southbound general-purpose lanes near Hambright Road. It reopened just before 10 p.m.
Warnings for Lincoln, Gaston counties
At 7:52 p.m., a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for most of Lincoln County and northern Gaston County. The National Weather Service is reporting winds of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail possible.
Approaching 6 p.m., warnings were issued for Catawba, Iredell, Union and Stanly counties in North Carolina, and York and Chester in South Carolina.
Power outages
There are several areas with hundreds of power outages, according to Duke Energy. Nearly 900 customers lost power in western Lincoln County, while 478 are without in Kannapolis from a downed tree. In Charlotte, nearly 300 are without power in Plaza Midwood, and more than 350 are affected in University City.
The Kannapolis outage is expected to be restored by 9 p.m., and the Lincoln County one by 11 p.m.
The most outages Wednesday night are in Anson County, but Duke Energy reports that the 1,000 west of Wadesboro who lost power stems from equipment going offline. These are expected to be restored by 7:15 a.m. Thursday
CLT ground stop
At Charlotte Douglas International, a ground stop was issued at 6:15 p.m. due to thunderstorms, and extended to 10 p.m. It was originally supposed to last until 7 p.m.
Flooding
A Flash Flood Warning was issued for central Lincoln County, including Lincolnton and Iron Station, until 11:45 p.m.
There was a Flash Flood Warning at 6:19 p.m. for southern Lancaster County. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain had fallen at that point, and additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches were possible. Areas affected included Springdale, Elgin and Heath Springs.
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