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Foothills Weather Network is your local front row seat to weather that is going on in your community. With you before, during, and after the storm! The reason?
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Foothills Weather Network is dedicated to keeping you safe before, during, and after the storm! Foothills Weather Network started in 2009 as a hobby between two friends that have a passion for weather forecasting. Seeing a gap in TV Market coverage across the foothills, Chris and Jason started using a personal page to forecast and track severe weather events. In 2010, following a very bus

y winter and severe weather season Chris and Jason quickly started looking for help to cover the weather. While doing this they developed what was then Burke Weather Incorporated. Burke Weather Incorporated became an official Non-Profit forecasting business in 2013. It still exists today and remains a Non-Profit that houses our Emergency Services Team and runs our weather education. Burke Weather Incorporated still runs solely off donations from you, the public. We brought on Tim Sawyer, Steve Wasko, Scotty Powell and Daniel Crawley to work with us. In 2015 however we decided to develop a for profit company, Foothills Weather Network. Well it was simply to be able to sell advertising and develop a way other than donations to pay the bills. Foothills Weather Network operates on a budget of a little over $1000.00 a month. Keeping our service free has been a priority since day 1. Advertisements allows us to provide you life saving weather information without costing you a dime. Contact Chris White at [email protected] to get more information on how your business can help our forecasting remain free to the public. Today we also have interns that work with us from various universities across The State of North Carolina. These interns have went on to work at Accu Weather and other weather companies across the USA. We have also brought on Sinead Lockhart, who graduated from NC State with her degree in Atmospheric Science. The newest official meteorologist though is Kyle Noel, who graduated from UNC Asheville in 2017 with his degree in Atmospheric Sciences. In May 2017 Foothills Weather Network moved into it's new office within the McDowell County Emergency Operations Center. From this state of the art EOC Foothills Weather Network can have direct contact during severe weather situations with our partners at The National Weather Service and Emergency Management from across the state. We continue to grow and expand! We appreciate the support that each of our followers give us daily. We enjoy our jobs and we look forward to serving you for many years to come.

07/29/2024

Good Monday morning, here are your weather headlines for the day. Forecast can be found a click away! https://foothillsweather.net/

07/29/2024

We hope that your Sunday has been a blessed day. Ready to get back to work? (Nah, we're not either... 🤣

Check out the latest forecast to see what the weather is going to be like!

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07/29/2024

Get a good view of what's happening across the region by checking out the we**am network!

A look at various local we**ams from across the eight county coverage area…

07/28/2024

After dealing with some below normal temperatures this past week, we are turning the heat back up during the next seven days...

07/28/2024

We have an updated poolside forecast to get you through the first half of the upcoming week.

07/28/2024

It's time for that first look at your Monday weather forecast...

07/28/2024

We hope that your Sunday has been a blessed day. Ready to get back to work? (Nah, we're not either... 🤣

Check out the latest forecast to see what the weather is going to be like!

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07/28/2024

We hope everyone has had a great Saturday across the region. Can we salvage one more day with no storms? Visit our website to find out!

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07/27/2024

For a really in-depth look at the weather, past and present, check out the weather discussion page at our website...

Keeping You Safe Before, During & After The Storm! 911 West Union Street Morganton NC Follow My Blog Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.

07/27/2024

Well, we have made it through another work week, hooray!

Your 7-Day forecast and more is available at the website...

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07/27/2024

The tropics have been quiet ever since Beryl moved through the basin. Are things about to pick up again? Check out this blog as we dive into what's happening!

Good Friday afternoon, After dealing with Hurricane Beryl earlier this month the tropics have been very quiet as we are dealing with Saharan Dust and a global teleconnection that generally does not…

07/27/2024

The Hickory Crawdads Baseball Club is about to get wet! Live camera here as the storms roll in… https://foothillsweather.net/we**am-network/

07/27/2024

ICYMI, we have an updated blog post going into some detail on the upcoming weekend weather.

Good Friday afternoon, hope everyone is doing well. The persistent pattern of wet weather with numerous afternoon and evening storms is taking a brief break just in time for the upcoming weekend. A…

07/26/2024

Well, we have made it through another work week, hooray!

Your 7-Day forecast and more has been updated at the website...

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07/26/2024

Gear up for summer storms!

Be a step ahead of any severe weather threats by downloading the Foothills Weather App!

Here are some the things that make Foothills Weather the best mobile weather App for Western North Carolina...

* An easy to use product with a sleek design
* Constantly Updated Radar Data with numerous map settings
* Instant Severe and Winter Weather Advisories, Watches and Warnings.
* Direct access to Foothills Action Network content including weather blog posts
* Forecast Data that is not exclusively model driven. Our weather team provides input that can take account the various microclimates in the region.

Give our App a try today! Click on one of the links below…

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07/26/2024

Good afternoon,

We have an updated blog post going into some detail on the upcoming weekend weather.

07/26/2024

Good Friday morning, here are your weather headlines.

Full 7-Day forecast can be found at www.foothillsweather.net

07/26/2024

🚨Reminder🚨

Paving continues along US 70 West in Pleasant Gardens leading to delays.

Most congestion tonight is running from roughly Pleasant Gardens Elementary School westward to Clear Creek Road.

Use an alternate route to avoid delays.

07/25/2024

Rain!!!! Sweet rain!!!!!!!

07/25/2024

Learn more about what is going on in the communities we serve by visiting our website...

The Foothills and Western Piedmont of North Carolina is the home to many great towns, landmarks and attractions…some of them hidden jewels while others are well known. This newly created web …

07/24/2024

Weather Alert: Special Weather Statement

Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected

At 735 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with intense lightning and torrential rainfall 7 miles northeast of Marion, or near Lake James, moving east at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Marion, Morganton, Gamewell, Lake James State Park, Table Rock, Lake James, Glen Alpine, Lake Rhodhiss, Nebo, and Collettsville. Torrential rainfall rates up to 3 inches per hour will be possible in these areas.

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07/24/2024

7:10pm: Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms will develop/are developing within the highlighted area through 10:00 pm. Rainfall rates could exceed 2 inches per hour in the strongest cells. Localized flash flooding will be possible this evening and overnight. Some storms could produce frequent lightning and gusty winds. An isolated damaging wind gust can not be ruled out.

07/24/2024

It's been fairly quiet today but guidance changes that late tonight as numerous showers and thunderstorms will move through the region. This radar simulation is from 8 pm Wed until 3 pm Thurs.

07/24/2024

New Blog spot: https://foothillsweather.net/2024/07/24/weather-forecast-what-to-expect-over-the-next-few-days/

New Forecast Package: https://foothillsweather.net/local-forecast/

Stalled Frontal Boundary and Its ImpactA stalled frontal boundary remains positioned overhead, significantly influencing our weather pattern over the next few days. This boundary acts as a focal po…

07/24/2024

When we do our poolside forecasts in the summer and include lightning ⚡️ risks, this is why!

A lightning strike hit a tree and fence around the pool yesterday. This is why you always head indoors when there is thunder and stay out of the pool. Picture from 📸 Sharon Mitchell in Waco, NC.

07/24/2024

We hope everyone has had a blessed Tuesday. Forecast is ready for your viewing pleasure...

Foothills Action Network is dedicated to making the foothills of North Carolina a weather ready location for everyone to live, work, and play.

07/23/2024

Active weather continues the next few days but signs of it breaking down by this weekend. Blue Ridge Energy

07/23/2024

It's time for that first look at your Wednesday weather...

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It's been fairly quiet today but guidance changes that late tonight as numerous showers and thunderstorms will move through the region. This radar simulation is from 8 pm Wed until 3 pm Thurs.

Radar at 2:41 pm indicates shower activity along the escarpment and storms over Charlotte Metro. Additional cells will develop for the rest of the afternoon.

A band of heavy rain showers at 9:48 pm is moving northeast. Locations from Northern Rutherford County to Western Caldwell County will see some heavy rain over the next hour or more.

Radar update at 6:46 pm showing locally heavy rainfall on the edges of the coverage area. Have a plan-B in mind if your outdoor activities are impacted by the weather.

Radar is becoming quite active at 3:20 pm with storms moving to the northeast. Some of the rainfall rates will approach two inches per hour.

Radar update at 7:37 pm indicates showers continuing to develop and move east across the region. Locally heavy rainfall is possible.

Radar update at 2:13 pm indicates showers developing off the Blue Ridge and moving east. Locally heavy rain will be the biggest threat at this time.

Radar update at 7:30 pm showing nearly stationary storms along the escarpment. Small stream flash flooding is possible as these cells continue.

Slow moving showers continue to develop especially for those along the US 74 coridoor. Some locations south of Shelby has received in excess of 2 inches of rain in past two hours.

Showers and some thunder developing at high noon. Expect coverage to increase through the afternoon.

Latest guidance coming in tonight continues with the idea of an active Friday across the region. Not a ton of severe storms but plenty of heavy rain producing cells and lightning. #ncwx

Radar check at 3:15 pm showing numerous thunderstorms moving east with dangerous lightning, gusty winds and torrential rainfall. When Thunder Roars, Head Indoors!

Some beneficial rainfall is moving east along the Blue Ridge at 8:34 pm. Occasional lightning and thunder accompany the showers.

Radar at 3:37 pm showing heavy rain-producing thunderstorms moving east. The Hickory area getting hit especially hard at this time.

Radar update at 1:20 pm showing thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving slowly northeast.

Heavy rain showers are developing at 11:47 am and moving to the northeast. Expect coverage to increase through the early afternoon.

Outflow boundary along I-85 moving northwest is helping trigger showers and thunderstorms at 8:20 pm. With the kind of airmass in place, don’t be shocked if additional showers fire up as this outflow moves toward the Blue Ridge.