Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Raleigh, NC

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 202002
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
402 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCC105-202015-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090820T2015Z/
LEE NC-
402 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR LEE COUNTY...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH 
OF SANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF...58 MPH...ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BROADWAY.

IF YOU OBSERVED DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3541 7931 3545 7933 3551 7935 3553 7931
      3554 7931 3555 7929 3553 7927 3557 7923
      3555 7922 3556 7920 3562 7914 3561 7908
      3555 7904 3552 7897 3542 7906 3538 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 253DEG 7KT 3551 7916

$$

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000 
WWUS52 KRAH 202011
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
411 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCC105-202021-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090820T2015Z/
LEE NC-
411 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM
EDT...

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

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM
TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
IN RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3541 7931 3545 7933 3551 7935 3553 7931
      3554 7931 3555 7929 3553 7927 3557 7923
      3555 7922 3556 7920 3562 7914 3561 7908
      3555 7904 3552 7897 3542 7906 3538 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 253DEG 7KT 3552 7914

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
315 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT.
MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY... WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 355 PM...

BEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY ONE AT THIS
TIME. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO
SPAWN OTHER STORMS UNTIL THE AIR MASS IS WORKED OVER AND THE
HEATING OF THE DAY FADES. A FEW STORMS STILL LIKELY TO BECOME
SEVERE.

PRECIPITABLE WATERS CONTINUE NEAR TWO INCHES OVERNIGHT WITH DEEP
LAYER OF TWENTY KNOT WINDS...THIRTY TO THIRTY-FIVE KNOTS IN THE
WEST. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WEAK WITH CORE OF THE UPPER JET BACK
IN THE MIDWEST. WITH MINIMAL CONVERGENCE OTHER THAN STORM OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES... EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO END A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER
SUNSET.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS FRIDAY TO TODAY WITH BEST WINDS ALOFT IN THE
WEST AND UPPER JET CORE STILL WELL WEST OF NORTH CAROLINA. MOST
INSTABILITY PARAMETERS REMAIN HIGH AS DOES PRECIPITABLE WATERS. A
FEW STORMS SHOULD BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. RAIN LIKELY WEST WITH HIGH
CHANCES ELSEWHERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW PERSISTENCE WITH MID 70S MOST LOCATIONS
TONIGHT AND 86 TO 93 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 310 PM THURSDAY...

FOR FRIDAY NIGHT: THE SWRLY LOW LEVEL JET AND 850 MB THETA-E RIDGE
SITTING OVER WRN AND NORTH-CENTRAL NC SHIFT OFF TO THE NE DURING THE
NIGHT. WITH THE LOSS OF THIS FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AS WELL AS THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING... PRECIP COVERAGE SHOULD DECLINE THROUGH
THE LATE EVENING. HOWEVER... THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER AND DYNAMIC LIFT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
THE UPPER JET TO OUR NORTH... ALONG WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAKLY
SHEARED VORTICITY MAXIMUM LATE... NECESSITATE KEEPING PRECIP CHANCES
IN OVERNIGHT. THE CURRENT ORIENTATION OF LIKELY POPS WEST AND HIGH
CHANCE EAST IN THE EVENING SLIPPING TO CHANCE POPS (40-50% WITH THE
HIGHEST ACROSS THE NRN PIEDMONT) STILL LOOKS GOOD ACCORDING TO THE
LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. EXPECT MILD LOWS OF 71-75.

FOR SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT: THE LATEST NHC FORECAST FOR HURRICANE
BILL KEEPS THE STORM WELL TO OUR EAST ON SATURDAY... WITH THE
PRIMARY EFFECTS ON NC LARGELY RESTRICTED TO HIGH SURF AND RIP
CURRENTS. SEE THE LATEST INFO FROM THE NHC REGARDING BILL. THE
LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST AMPLIFIES WITH A
TIGHTENING WAVELENGTH AS IT SHIFTS EAST TO SE ONTARIO / OH VALLEY /
TN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH MID LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATIONS TO OUR
NW AND TO OUR EAST (ASSOCIATED WITH BILL)... OUR EASTERN CWA MAY BE
BENEATH SHORTWAVE RIDGING WHICH COULD HELP SUPPRESS CONVECTION
SOMEWHAT. BUT THE NAM/GFS DEPICTS ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER...
AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES... ALONG AND EAST OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
700 MB DRY PUNCH (NOTED BEST BY THE GFS) EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST INTO
CENTRAL NC BY SUNDOWN SATURDAY. WEAK BROAD UPPER DIVERGENCE ALSO
PERSISTS OVER CENTRAL NC... SO WITH SOME DEGREE OF BOUNDARY LAYER
HEATING AND MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS (MODEST AT 30-40 M BUT STILL NOT
BAD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR)... A RETENTION OF HIGH POPS FOR
SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG/EAST OF HIGHWAY 1... APPEARS IN ORDER.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS OVER THE WRN CWA SHOW QUICK MID LEVEL DRYING AND
STABILIZING BY AFTERNOON AND WILL INDICATE A TREND TOWARD LOWER POPS
HERE BY DAYS END. HIGHS 85-90. WILL TREND POPS DOWN FURTHER AFTER
MID EVENING AS THE MODELS SHOW THE GREATEST PRECIPITABLE WATER
GETTING PUSHED TO COASTAL NC AND OFFSHORE... ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT
TOTALLY ELIMINATE POPS OVER THE EASTERN CWA OVERNIGHT BASED ON THE
LINGERING UPPER DIVERGENCE MAXIMUM AND WITH THE MID LEVEL TROUGH
AXIS STILL TO OUR WEST. LOWS 66-74.

FOR SUNDAY: THE SURFACE TROUGH SITS ROUGHLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN
WITH THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STILL HOLDING JUST TO OUR WEST...
ALTHOUGH HEIGHT FALLS CEASE BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITABLE WATER
HOLDS AROUND 1.5 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN FRINGE OF THE CWA BUT
REMAIN AT OR BELOW NORMAL OVER THE REST OF THE CWA. SO WHILE MINOR
VORTICITY MAXIMA ARE LIABLE TO TRACK NNE THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NC DURING THE DAY... IT MAY HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF
MOISTURE. AND WITH WARMING MID LEVELS... INSTABILITY WILL BE
REDUCED. WILL KEEP JUST AN ISOLATED POP OVER EASTERN NC BENEATH THE
RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE UPPER JET. HIGHS 84-90. EXPECT A GOOD BIT OF
SUNSHINE IN THE WESTERN CWA ALTHOUGH EASTERN SECTIONS SHOULD SEE A
STEADY STREAM OF HIGH CLOUDS. -GIH

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 315 PM THURSDAY...

OVERVIEW: THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE PRONOUNCED
MID LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH WHICH COVERS CENTRAL AND ERN NOAM OVER THE
WEEKEND WILL LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY... LEAVING
BEHIND A WEAK SHEAR AXIS THROUGH THE SPINE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS.
THIS AXIS SUBSEQUENTLY WEAKENS FURTHER AND TILTS THROUGH MIDWEEK...
AS ITS SOUTHERN END DRIFTS WESTWARD THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH WHILE THE
NORTHERN END SHIFTS EAST AND REMAINS BROADLY CYCLONIC WITH INFLUENCE
FROM NORTHERN STREAM PERTURBATIONS. THIS EQUATES TO A WEAKLY FORCED
PATTERN FOR NC WITH A LIGHT/ERRATIC WIND FIELD THROUGH THE COLUMN
AND A POORLY DEFINED SURFACE PATTERN. WITH THIS RATHER STABLE AND
DRY REGIME AND MINIMAL TO NO FORCING... EXPECT BELOW NORMAL PRECIP
CHANCES. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TO END THE WEEKEND WILL
TRANSITION TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS AS ATLANTIC RIDGING BUILDS BACK
WEST INTO THE MIDATLANTIC THEN SOUTHEAST STATES.

FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY: THE SURFACE BOUNDARY IS LIKELY TO STRETCH
ROUGHLY NNW-SSE THROUGH EASTERN NC ON MONDAY. THE WEAK LOW LEVEL
WIND FIELD WILL MEAN RATHER WEAK MOISTURE TRANSPORT... AND THE
DEGREE TO WHICH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR
CONVECTION IS UNCERTAIN AT BEST. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE
STRONG UPPER JET CORE SHIFTING JUST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WITH
ITS RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION FOCUSED ON COASTAL NC TO THE SE... AND THE
GFS DEPICTS SEASONABLY DRY PRECIPITABLE WATER... NEAR OR JUST BELOW
NORMAL. WILL HAVE BELOW-CLIMO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST HALF
AND NO POPS IN THE WEST WITH A DRY COLUMN AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW.

FOR MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY: NO POPS MONDAY NIGHT WITH MOISTURE AND
FORCING FEATURES LACKING. THE GFS STILL HOLDS THE BEST MOISTURE TO
OUR SE... SO WITH NO DISCERNIBLE FORCING FEATURES AND WARM/DRY MID
LEVELS WITH A DECENT CAP ALOFT... CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE SMALL.
WILL AGAIN HOLD POPS ON THE LOW SIDE... LESS THAN 15% NW TO LOW
CHANCES OVER THE SOUTHEAST.

FOR WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY: THE 850 MB ANTICYCLONE HOLDS JUST TO OUR
SOUTH WITH A CONTINUATION OF A WEAK SHEAR AXIS OVERHEAD... WEAK/DRY
WNW FLOW 850-700 MB... AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES.
LOW POPS... MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA IN THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY
EVENING... WILL BE CONTINUED. -GIH

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM...

SHOWER AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEAST. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SURFACE WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS 50 MPH INTO THE EVENING. MOST IF NOT ALL CONVECTION
SHOULD END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

NOT EXPECTING AS WIDESPREAD STRATUS AS THIS MORNING FOR THE PREDAWN
HOURS OF FRIDAY. THE WEST IS FAVORED WITH SOME IFR CEILINGS FORECAST
BEFORE SUNRISE. INCREASED WINDS ALOFT AND GREATER INSTABILITY FRIDAY
SUGGEST STRATUS SHOULD DISSIPATE EARLIER THAN TODAY. IN THE EAST
SOME STRATUS EXPECTED BUT BRIEF OR NONEXISTENT CEILINGS. A FEW
SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP PRIOR TO NOON FRIDAY... BUT
MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LATER THAT AFTERNOON.

THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE WEST AND A MOIST AIR
MASS IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE
DIMINISHED AND CONFINED TO THE AFTERNOONS. SOME MVFR STRATUS OR FOG
EACH MORNING... A BIT MORE LIKELY WEST.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD
NEAR TERM...99
SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD
LONG TERM...HARTFIELD
AVIATION...99

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1158 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-211000-
VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-
HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1158 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
POTENTIAL THAT A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE APPROACH OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND
PASSAGE OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... MAINLY
BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME
AREAS MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

NCZ007-008-021>025-038>040-073>076-083-084-211000-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-
RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
543 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE APPROACH OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND
PASSAGE OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... MAINLY
BETWEEN 3 PM AND 11 PM... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME
AREAS MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
112 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCZ022-023-201815-
ALAMANCE-GUILFORD-
112 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD AND ALAMANCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 111 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE MCLEANSVILLE...
MONTICELLO... GIBSONVILLE... ELON COLLEGE... ALTAMAHAW... GLEN
RAVEN... UNION RIDGE...AND PLEASANT GROVE.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL... AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE BUILDING... AND WAIT UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

GIH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
141 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

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

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW MCLEANSVILLE      36.13N 79.72W
08/20/2009                   GUILFORD           NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AND TWO
            BRADFORD PEAR TREES TOPPLED ON BRIARMEAD ROAD.

&&

BLAES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
202 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCZ022>024-039-201900-
ALAMANCE-GUILFORD-ORANGE-RANDOLPH-
202 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD AND ALAMANCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 200 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CLIMAX...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANDLEMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ALAMANCE...ELON COLLEGE...
BURLINGTON...AND...GLEN RAVEN...GRAHAM. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

BLAES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
222 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCZ021-022-038-039-201915-
DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-RANDOLPH-
222 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LEXINGTON...SOUTHERN
FORSYTH AND WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
JUST WEST OF LEXINGTON AND WELCOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WELCOME...THOMASVILLE...
TRINITY...ARCHDALE...HIGH POINT...JAMESTOWN. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

BLAES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

NCZ007-023>025-201945-
ALAMANCE-DURHAM-ORANGE-PERSON-
245 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON...ORANGE AND DURHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 244 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EFLAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR
SCHLEY...BUSHY FORK...ROUGEMONT...MORIAH...SURL AND DURHAM.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

BLAES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
257 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

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

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W LEXINGTON           35.81N 80.28W
08/20/2009                   DAVIDSON           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOME ON SINK CIRLE INSIDE
            THE LEXINGTON CITY LIMITS.

&&

BLOCKLEA