A CBS 17 reporter and photographer were nearly hit by a falling tree during a live report on television from Wayne County on Friday night.

The incident happened at 9:10 p.m. while reporter Zak Dahlheimer and photojournalist Colton West were responding to an earlier Goldsboro water rescue.

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The pair was at the corner of Wayne Memorial Drive and Country Day Road when Dalheimer started his live appearance on TV.

“We heard a very loud crack and split noise,” Dalheimer said.

On TV, Dalheimer said, “Oh shoot!” and moved away as the tree fell nearby. The large tree crashed down near the pair and did not hit them, but that was the end of the live shot.

Wayne County appeared to be getting the worst of winds and rain in central North Carolina.

The National Weather Service said early Saturday that the Neuse River at Goldsboro was beginning to overflow its banks, which “will exacerbate already dangerous flooding in the area. Major flooding is expected through early next week.”

A tornado warning was issued just minutes after the tree nearly hit the CBS 17 workers. At 10:20 p.m. another tornado warning was issued for Wayne County, but was canceled at 15 minutes early at 10:30 p.m.

About 9:30 p.m., weather officials said up to 11 inches of rain had fallen in Wayne County and a flash flood warning was issued until early Saturday morning.

Friday around 8 p.m., two ambulances and buses were evacuating Willow Creek Nursing home as a “precautionary” move.

The nursing home is prone to flooding and flooded in 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, officials said.

Around 6:45 p.m. one person was rescued from a flooded car in the 900 block of Atlantic Avenue in Goldsboro. Another flooded car rescue happened around 5 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Drive at Country Day Road, which still had high water at 9 p.m.

As of 8:20 p.m. 18,047 customers were without power in Wayne County.

No one was hurt in the water rescues.