Possible tornadoes spotted as storms barreled into Charlotte region on Saturday

A batch of severe storms with potentially damaging straight-line winds and unconfirmed tornadoes raced across the Charlotte area Saturday night, National Weather Service meteorologists said.

At about 8 p.m., NWS radar indicated a possible tornado west of Morganton between the Burke County town of Glen Alpine and the Caldwell County community of Collettsville.

Earlier Saturday evening, the NWS issued tornado warnings for the community of Alexander Mills in Rutherford County and, in South Carolina, for Spartanburg and Boiling Springs.

Cody Alcorn of Fox Carolina posted video of a car flipping over during what he said was a possible tornado in Seneca, S.C. The city is southwest of Greenville in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains

No tornadoes were confirmed late Saturday. Confirmation typically involves NWS storm teams surveying damage the following day.

Rains arrived between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., and NWS radar showed more storms expected until 11 p.m., when the severe weather is expected to leave and move to the East.

“Isolated strong to severe T-storms are possible this afternoon into this evening,” the NWS said on Twitter. “The main potential impacts from this system are damaging wind gusts.

“However, a brief weak tornado cannot be ruled out with this activity,” according to the NWS.

At noon, NWS radar showed storms in the S.C. and N.C. mountains. That line of severe weather barreled east through Upstate S.C. and the N.C. foothills and Piedmont, according to the NWS office in Greer, S.C.

At 6 a.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a hazardous weather outlook bulletin warning of the threat.

A high of 76 is forecast for Sunday, with temperatures expected to near 81 degrees by Tuesday, NWS meteorologists said.