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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 20, 20084 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hoke County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 20, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pinebluff, NC	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN ACROSS THUNDER RD...NEAR PINEBLUFF.
May 20, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Foxfire, NC
May 20, 6:24 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Pinebluff, NC
May 20, 6:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 Sw Aberdeen, NC	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR ADDOR.
May 20, 6:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	4 S Aberdeen, NC	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR HWY 211 ALONG THE MOORE/HOKE COUNTY LINE.
May 20, 6:28 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 S Ashley Heights, NC	NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN ASHLEY HEIGHTS.
May 20, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Ashley Heights, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND.
May 20, 6:48 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Ashley Heights, NC	PENNY SIZE HAIL ON RAEFORD RD NEAR ASHLEY HEIGHTS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KRAH 202156
SVRRAH
NCC093-123-125-153-202300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0149.080520T2156Z-080520T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
556 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORMAN...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF
  ROCKINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DERBY...
  FOXFIRE...
  PINEBLUFF...PINEHURST...
  ABERDEEN...SOUTHERN PINES...
  ASHLEY HEIGHTS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE
AS TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3501 7986 3528 7983 3531 7919 3528 7919
      3527 7921 3525 7919 3501 7919 3501 7942
      3504 7946 3501 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 272DEG 29KT 3515 7976

$$

WSS

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 202207
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
606 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NCC093-123-125-153-202300-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-080520T2300Z/
HOKE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC-
606 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MOORE...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND
NORTHWESTERN HOKE COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DERBY...
OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEBLUFF AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF PINEHURST BY 615 PM EDT
  6 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN BY 620 PM EDT
  ASHLEY HEIGHTS BY 625 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL TO TENNIS 
BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3501 7986 3528 7983 3531 7919 3528 7919
      3527 7921 3525 7919 3501 7919 3501 7942
      3504 7946 3501 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 285DEG 34KT 3509 7961

$$

VINCENT

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 202251
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NCC123-202301-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-080520T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3501 7962 3530 7945 3531 7919 3528 7919
      3527 7921 3525 7919 3501 7919 3501 7942
      3504 7946 3501 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 292DEG 52KT 3505 7929

$$

NCC093-125-153-202300-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-080520T2300Z/
HOKE NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC-
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MOORE AND NORTHWESTERN
HOKE COUNTIES...

AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLEY
HEIGHTS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3501 7962 3530 7945 3531 7919 3528 7919
      3527 7921 3525 7919 3501 7919 3501 7942
      3504 7946 3501 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 292DEG 52KT 3505 7929

$$

VINCENT

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 202258
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
657 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NCC093-125-153-202307-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-080520T2300Z/
HOKE NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC-
657 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL
RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MOORE AND NORTHWESTERN HOKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
700 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3501 7962 3530 7945 3531 7919 3528 7919
      3527 7921 3525 7919 3501 7919 3501 7942
      3504 7946 3501 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 292DEG 52KT 3502 7919

$$

VINCENT

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 May 20, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
315 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DELMARVA COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT...IN UNISON WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING...RESULTING
IN STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL
LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...
ACTIVE CONVECTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z AS A COLD FRONT
DRIFTS SE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AIR MASS AHEAD OF BOUNDARY HAS
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH AN AXIS OF SURFACE LIFTED INDICES
-6/-7 C OVER THE REGION. 850-500MB WINDS REMAIN ROBUST WITH VAD WIND
PROFILES DEPICTING 35-50KTS OF WIND THROUGH THE COLUMN WITH 60-65KTS
BETWEEN 12000-14000FT. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN HOVERING BETWEEN 7-7.5 DEG C/KM
WHILE LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES CLOSE TO 8-8.5 DEG C/KM. THIS SUGGEST
THAT STORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO CENTRAL NC FROM THE
W-NW. DUE TO LAPSE RATES AND FREEZING LEVEL AROUND 12000 FT...MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

BY 00Z...EXPECT MAIN BAND OF CONVECTION TO LIE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
64...EXITING THE REGION BETWEEN 03-05Z. SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH
BETWEEN 00Z-02Z AS WINDS ALOFT SUBSIDE AND AIR MASS STABILIZES DUE
TO LOSS OF HEATING. DRIER MORE STABLE AIR WILL ADVECT ON W-NW FLOW
BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISHES FROM
WEST-TO-EAST AFTER 05Z. MOST AREAS SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR/PARTLY
CLOUDY BETWEEN 09-12Z. MINS TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM LOWER 50S
ACROSS THE NW AND FAR NORTH TO THE MID/UPPER 50S ELSEWHERE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS 315 PM TUESDAY...
A STRONG...QUASI-STATIONARY CLOSED LOW WILL GYRATE OVER SE
CANADA/JAMES BAY THROUGH THURSDAY.... BEFORE FINALLY MOVING EAST
INTO THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC WATERS ON FRIDAY. SHEARED VORTICITY
ENERGY WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE ASSOCIATED DEEP
TROUGH...MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE DISTURBANCE DROPS ACROSS THE REGION...A
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA WITH LOW-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES INCREASING TO 8.25 TO  9.0 C/KM ACROSS THE NE COASTAL
PLAINS...WITH MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES PEAKING AT AROUND 6.5 C/KM.
HOWEVER...BOTH THE WRF AND GFS KEEPS MIXED LAYER AND SURFACE BASED
CAPE VALUES AWFULLY WEAK (<250 J/KG)...WITH MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS
INDICATING A 5 KFT DRY SUB CLOUD LAYER...FROM FROM THE DEEP W/NWLY
ALOFT. COULD SEE A QUICK/ISOLATED PASSING SHOWER...BUT IT WILL
REMAIN OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE OR IMPACT.

WITH THE OMEGA BLOCKING PATTERN OVER THE CONUS...MODELS ARE IN
EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL FLOW PATTERN. HOWEVER...THERE
REMAINS SOME SUBTLE SHORTWAVE DISCREPANCIES IN THE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY PERIOD...THAT COULD RESULT IN HARD TO TIMED MESOSCALE
CONVECTION.

STARTING WITH THE GFS...FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MODEL RUNS THE GFS
HAS BEEN HINTING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS)...NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF A STRONG
THETA-E RIDGE AXIS/WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS/UPPER MS VALLEY. THE 850-300 MEAN WIND FLOW...WOULD ALLOWED
THE ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO PROPAGATE NW TO SE INTO THE REGION. AT
THIS TIME...MODELS SUGGEST THE BEST INSTABILITY AND HIGHER
PWATS...REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA...ALONG THE STALLED SFC BOUNDARY
ACROSS GA AND SC.

THE NAM DEVELOPS CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR A DIFFERENT
REASON...AS IT DEVELOPS STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS THE STALLED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY/INSTABILITY AXIS...WHEN A SHEARED S/W ENERGY CURRENTLY OVER
MEXICO...LIFTS NORTH THE THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST.

AT THIS TIME CENTRAL NC LOOKS TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY AND HIGHER PWAT AS SURFACE HIGH NOSES IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY.

MODEL FORECAST LOW-LEVEL THICKNESSES SUPPORT MOS STATISTICAL
GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS 75 TO 80. LOWS 50 TO 55.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 315 PM...
THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE CANADA MARITIMES BREAKS DOWN BY
SUNDAY...ALLOWING THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO BUILD EAST OVER THE AREA.
LOW-LEVEL SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS BY MEMORIAL DAY...AND WILL
MARK THE RETURN OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MORE HUMID AIR INTO
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. DRY FORECAST WITH ABSENCE OF MOISTURE
TRANSPORT INTO THE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY...
BAND OF CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ALONG A E-SE MOVING SURFACE
BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO LIE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT...THROUGH THE SANDHILLS...THEN INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN BY 00Z WED. EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE CONVECTION. WIND GUSTS NEAR THE
SURFACE WILL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40-45 KTS IN VICINITY OF THE STORMS.
AWAY FROM THE STORMS...WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 KTS WILL BE COMMON.
EXPECT CONVECTION IN THE TRIAD VICINITY UNTIL 21Z. AROUND KRWI AND
KRDU...CONVECTION EXPECTED BETWEEN 20-23Z. IN KFAY...EXPECT
CONVECTION BETWEEN 21Z-00Z.

W-NW FLOW BEHIND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND THE EXITING MID LEVEL
TROUGH WILL USHER DRIER MORE STABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL
RESULT IN GRADUAL CLEARING FROM WEST-TO-EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WED. WILL SEE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS
FIELD DEVELOP DUE TO HEATING WITH CLOUD BASES BETWEEN 4500-6000FT.
SURFACE WINDS WED GENERALLY 250-280 DEGREES WITH SPEEDS OF 10 KTS.

VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREDOMINATE WED NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS A
BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MAINTAINS ITS INFLUENCE ALONG THE ATLANTIC
SEABOARD.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CBL
NEAR TERM...WSS
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...CBL
AVIATION...WSS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
251 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-211000-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
251 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO
SO.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 5:46 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
546 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             4 WNW COATS CROSSROADS  35.54N 78.61W
05/20/2008  E1.00 INCH       JOHNSTON           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 2-CLAUDE RD. AND HONEYCUTT
            RD.

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 20, 5:47 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
547 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     HAIL             4 SE ALBEMARLE          35.33N 80.13W
05/20/2008  E1.50 INCH       STANLY             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0518 PM     HAIL             4 SE ALBEMARLE          35.33N 80.13W
05/20/2008  E1.50 INCH       STANLY             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR PORTER.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 20, 5:49 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
549 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             ROCKY MOUNT             35.95N 77.79W
05/20/2008  E1.00 INCH       EDGECOMBE          NC   PUBLIC

            RELAYED FROM NWS WAKEFIELD...REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
            IN ROCKY MOUNT.

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 20, 5:52 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
552 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     HAIL             6 SSE GARNER            35.62N 78.57W
05/20/2008  E0.75 INCH       JOHNSTON           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MILE MARKER 320 ON I-40

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 20, 5:53 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
553 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               35.97N 77.96W
05/20/2008  E1.00 INCH       NASH               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE.

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 20, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
554 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0524 PM     HAIL             FUQUAY-VARINA           35.59N 78.79W
05/20/2008  E0.88 INCH       WAKE               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	61 min
May 20, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance, Warren	65 min
May 20, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	48 min
May 20, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	31 min
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	37 min
May 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	56 min
May 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	30 min
May 20, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	37 min
May 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	62 min
May 20, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange	46 min
May 20, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	25 min
May 20, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash	64 min
May 20, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake	58 min
May 20, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	40 min
May 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	48 min
May 20, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	30 min
May 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	30 min
May 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	39 min
May 20, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	30 min
May 20, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Orange and 1 more	47 min
May 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	42 min
May 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	33 min
May 20, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	41 min
May 20, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	36 min
May 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Randolph	45 min
May 20, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	36 min
May 20, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	41 min
May 20, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	29 min
May 20, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	43 min
May 20, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	42 min
May 20, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	43 min
May 20, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	32 min
May 20, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Moore	63 min
May 20, 7:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	26 min
May 20, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	35 min
May 20, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	42 min
May 20, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	41 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.