WRAL Weather Alert Days: WHY 7 in a row?

WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth explains the weather conditions -- high wind, heat, ice, snow, severe storms -- that prompt us to warn that weather could be dangerous and call it a WRAL Weather Alert Day. The start of July 2026 brought an unprecedented seven days in a row, for various reasons. And the conditions proved the alert was necessary. Here's why.