Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Raleigh, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
800 EDT WED JUL 3 2002

WILL SEND AN UPDATE TO ADJUST FOR THE RAINFALL AND LEAVE A CHANCE OF
THUNDER IN THE TRIANGLE AND TO THE ALBEMARLE REGION. MODERATE
SHOWERS HAVE OVERTAKEN THE TRIAD REGION AND THE SANDHILLS SHOULD
REMAIN DRY TONIGHT. WILL ADJUST CLOUD COVER TO CLOUDY EARLY THEN
HAZY AND PARTLY CLOUDY LATER AS THE CONVECTION DIES AND CLOUD COVER
BLOSSOMS. WILL OF COURSE DROP THE WATCH WITH THIS PACKAGE.

TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE ON TRACK WITH CURRENT FORECAST. NO
GREENSBORO RAOB TONIGHT DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE EQUIPMENT.

.RAH...NONE.

CLINE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
455 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR WEST OF
I 95...OVER THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND SOME
HAIL.  THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL
POSSIBLY AS LARGE AS QUARTERS...AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER SUCH AS
DARKENING SKIES OR A DISTANT RUMBLE OF THUNDER.  ONCE
INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  USE THE TELEPHONE ONLY IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

IT APPEARS THAT THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY AFTER 10 PM EDT.

WSS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
528 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0440 PM    10 S WADESBORO            NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   ANSON                          TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
                                          AROUND MORVEN.

0520 PM    5 NW SUMMERFIELD          NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   GUILFORD                       GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY A SPOTTER IN
                                          STOKESDALE.

DGS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TRIAD REGION THROUGH 7
PM EDT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE
TRIAD REGION THROUGH 7 PM.  MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR
ALONG AND NORTH OF I 40.  UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL
FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS WILL RESULT
IN WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS...CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND BRIEF FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND SOME INTERSECTIONS.

THE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO POSE ANOTHER HAZARD.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.
ONCE INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING THE
TELEPHONE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

WSS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
802 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 489 ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED.  THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE WATCH WAS NOT EXTENDED BEYOND 8 PM
EDT.

WHILE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY FOR THE REST OF THE
EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

WSS