Tropical rainstorm brings flash flooding and tornado warnings to Carolina coast

Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack reports from Southport, North Carolina, where flash flood and tornado warnings were issued in the area on Sept. 16.

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00:00I am here in Southport, North Carolina where we have a flash flood emergency and now a

00:06tornado warning is in effect for this area and you can see behind me cars are stuck in

00:11the floodwaters here.

00:13Every little low water crossing that I've come across is flooded out right now with

00:17bad flooding all across the coast from Carolina Beach down through here, Bad Head Island,

00:22Southport as well as Oak Island and the rain continues to fall here and by the truckloads

00:28just absolutely dumping and pounding the North Carolina coast as this potential tropical

00:33cyclone makes its way here into North Carolina and you can also see besides the rain and

00:38the flooding, significant lightning bolts.

00:40We are getting hammered with lots of lightning bolts, multiple lightning bolts every minute

00:46firing off left and right here on the North Carolina Beach.

00:49This is a significant storm with significant impact here in North Carolina.

00:53As you can see, cars are continuing to try and drive around in these floodwaters but

00:58it is best to stay indoors and if you come across floodwaters to turn around so that

01:03you don't get stalled out like these vehicles back behind me.

01:06Reporting for AccuWeather in Southport, North Carolina, I'm Aaron Jajak.