Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Aug 10, 2000, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2000, 2:15 AM EDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Randolph County, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
WUUS52 KRAH 100538
SVRRDU
NCC037-057-151-100615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
137 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN FORSYTH EAST TO         
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES MOVING SOUTH AT 50 MPH. THIS LINE OF      
  STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SHORTLY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ASHEBORO
  LEXINGTON
  PITTSBORO
  RANDLEMAN
  SILER CITY
  HIGH ROCK LAKE
  THOMASVILLE

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE 
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3585 7930 3594 8034 3550 8014 3559 7897
          3584 7899

HPWB

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 10, 1:25 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
125 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS(OUTFLOW BOUNDARY) ASSOCIATED WITH
LARGE MCS FASTLY MOVING INTO CWA. THIS WILL BE THE KEY PLAYER FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AIR MASS IS PRIMED AND RIPE FOR CONVECTION
AS TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S...DEWPOINTS MID TO
UPPER 70S. THIS RESULTING IN CAPES 2500+...LI'S -5/-8. ONCE THIS
PAST THROUGH MAY TEND TO COOL TEMPERATURES A BIT. ALSO MAY STABLIZE
SOME TOO REDUCING THE CHANCE FOR TSTMS AFTER THIS MORNING.

QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE MODELS...TROUGH DEEPENING OVER EASTERN
THIRD OF NATION WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN THE WEST. SEVERAL COUPLE
S/W'S WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY.

AT THE SURFACE...
A COLD FRONT FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DROP SOUTHEAST AND STALL
OVER THE AREA DURING THE PERIOD. AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND
UNSTABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOOKS LIKE AIR MASS CHANGE WILL BE LATE
SATURDAY INTO WHEN TROUGH MOVES OFF THE COAST AND HIGH BUILDS OVER
THE AREA.

GOT TO RUN...ANOTHER WATCH COMING OUT.

.RAH...NONE.

RA

In the hours before

ZCZC RDULSRRDU ALL
TTAA00 KRDU DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
923 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0855 PM    WHITAKERS                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   EDGECOMBE                      911 REPORTS TWO TREES DOWN

0900 PM    SPRING HOPE               NC   1 INCH HAIL
08/09/00   NASH                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND
                                          SPRING HOPE

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.