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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 14, 1999Guilford County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1999, 8:30 PM EDT for Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1999, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1999, 9:05 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Guilford County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
315 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1999

STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION HAS FIRED RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER
THE PIEDMONT WITH SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVING BEEN ISSUED AND THE SEVERE
TSTM WATCH IN PLACE UNTIL 9 PM. WILL CONTINUE POPS CWA-WIDE...
THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN NW PIEDMONT AND MAINLY EVENING ELSEWHERE.
FRONT ALONG THE SPINE OF THE NC MTNS AT 19Z & MAKING SLOW EASTWARD
PROGRESS. AS UPPER TROUGH PUSHES EASTWARD... EXPECT FRONT TO SHIFT
THROUGH THE PIEDMONT INTO THE NRN COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS BY
DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

NCEP COMPUTER TROUBLES PERSIST SO ONLY THE NGM IS AVAILABLE. UPPER
TROUGH AXIS LINGERS OVER CENTRAL NC DURING THE DAY SUNDAY... AND
WHILE THE BEST MOISTURE PUSHES EASTWARD TO THE ERN HALF OF THE
STATE... FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY STILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED
TSTMS SUN... SO WILL INCLUDE POPS IN THE EASTERN CWA TOMORROW AFTN &
EVENING. UPPER RIDGING BUILDS BACK IN STRONGLY FROM THE WEST BY
MONDAY MORNING... WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NC FOR MON INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. BOUNDARY
LINGERS OVER FAR SERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA MON... BUT FOR NOW WILL
LEAVE OUT POPS IN THIS AREA FOR MON. BRIEF MINOR COOL-DOWN EXPECTED
& MAINLY IN NW SECTIONS SUNDAY.  WILL NOT STRAY FAR FROM NGM MOS.

.RAH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALL OF CENTRAL NC UNTIL 9 PM.

HARTFIELD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 2:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
244 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0243 PM    WADESBORO                 NC   .88 INCH HAIL
08/14/99   ANSON                          ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
                                          GUSTY WINDS
Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
432 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0130 PM    UNION RIDGE               NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ALAMANCE                       SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
                                          DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST
                                          ALAMANCE COUNTY.

0220 PM    SOUTHMONT                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   DAVIDSON                       SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
                                          ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
                                          OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.

0243 PM    WADESBORO                 NC   .88 INCH HAIL
08/14/99   ANSON                          ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
                                          GUSTY WINDS

0250 PM    MORVEN                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ANSON                          SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
                                          ACROSS SOUTHEAST ANSON
                                          COUNTY.

0300 PM    ROCKINGHAM                NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   RICHMOND                       TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          ROCKINGHAM.

0300 PM    MORVEN                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ANSON                          FUNNEL CLOUD AND WIND
                                          DAMAGE TO TREES AROUND
                                          MORVEN.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
432 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0130 PM    UNION RIDGE               NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ALAMANCE                       SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
                                          DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST
                                          ALAMANCE COUNTY.

0220 PM    SOUTHMONT                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   DAVIDSON                       SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
                                          ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
                                          OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.

0243 PM    WADESBORO                 NC   .88 INCH HAIL
08/14/99   ANSON                          ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
                                          GUSTY WINDS

0250 PM    MORVEN                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ANSON                          SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
                                          ACROSS SOUTHEAST ANSON
                                          COUNTY.

0300 PM    ROCKINGHAM                NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   RICHMOND                       TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
                                          ROCKINGHAM.

0300 PM    MORVEN                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   ANSON                          FUNNEL CLOUD AND WIND
                                          DAMAGE TO TREES AROUND
                                          MORVEN.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 5:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
521 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    DUNDARRACH                NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/14/99   HOKE                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SW OF
                                          DUNDARRACH NEAR S COUNTY
                                          LINE.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.