****UPDATE: The tornado watch in the Orange County and Chatham County regions was called off by the National Weather Service shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday.****

After experience rain and strong winds Sunday night, the Chatham and Orange County regions will continue to experience strong winds through Monday.

A tornado watch was issued for the region shortly after 5 a.m. and was in place until 12 p.m. Monday before being canceled. Orange County is also under a severe thunderstorm warning through the morning, which began before 6:30 a.m.

The strongest wave of storms arrived in the Triangle region after midnight Monday, with the heaviest storms continuing through sunrise. The National Weather Service of Raleigh tweeted on Sunday damaging winds, large hail and powerful long-track tornadoes will be possible.

The high winds in the region are expected to create power outages in the area. To keep track of any outages for Duke Energy customers, visit the Duke Energy Outage Map.

Orange County residents can sign up for emergency messages through OC Alerts here.

Photo via the National Weather Service.

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