Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and the threat of tornadoes are moving into the region.

"Everyone in central North Carolina should keep an eye on the local forecast," said Darin Figurskey, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

And the damage that comes with a tornado is an all too familiar scene in Kenly.

"If it's time for you to go, it's time for you to go, my wife though, I think she's pretty scared," said Ronnie Bridges, a neighbor volunteering to help friends clean-up.

While this community picks of the pieces, they're also paying attention to the forecast.
Still, no one we found has picked up a weather radio, although some have plans to get one.

"They're good things to have with severe weather that can threaten day or night," said Figurskey.

The bigger story here in Kenly is not what devastation that tornado brought last month, but how but how this community reacted.

"An outpouring of materials, an outpouring of clothes, an outpouring of food, just so many things," said Harold Swinson, Kenly Freewill Baptist Church pastor.

"Everybody's been so wonderful, so good to me; I can never thank them enough for what people has done for me," said tornado victim Pansy Evans.

"We had three volunteers and they done a good job," said Bridges.

And it's that community camaraderie that takes away some of the worry of these impending storms.

"There's a good bit of concern, but I don't think there is a, you know, a tremendous fear of people really saying oh my gosh it's going to happen again, I know they're going to be aware of it," said Swinson.

He said there are some reports of kids having trouble dealing with the weather.

He said they're planning on having counselors on hand for them to talk to over the weekend.