One of the nice things about working in one of the tallest buildings in a small city is that you can see things like this coming — literally:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEWISVILLE… OR 6 MILES WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… WINSTON-SALEM… PFAFFTOWN…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL… DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH AND GREATER… DEADLY LIGHTNING… AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.