Sarah Fortner

Sarah is a meteorologist for THV11, who returned in 2019 after a 3-year hiatus in the Carolinas.

Sarah came back to THV11 in August of 2019, after a 3-year hiatus in the Carolinas. Initially a weekend meteorologist in Little Rock Arkansas, Sarah now covers the forecast weekdays at Noon & 630Central.

Growing up in Florida—summers for Sarah were spent dodging afternoon thunderstorms and watching for hurricanes. Since childhood, the weather has been a part of her life. Her family grew potatoes for potato chips in Hastings, Fla.


From the significant Christmas snowfall in 2012 to the April 2014 Tornado Outbreak, Sarah has been around for quite a few monumental weather events, and while in the Carolinas, Sarah covered inland flooding from Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Florence, and Hurricane Michael. Sarah made game-time producing decisions in the Emmy-nominated coverage of Hurricane