Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
234 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND SOUTHWARD FROM
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC INTO THE CAROLINAS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...

NEAR STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO SIT ACROSS VIRGINIA...WEST
VIRGINIA AND THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE MESO-LOW SITS
OFF OF THE CAROLINA COAST. ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA A
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY HAS SET UP ALONG US HIGHWAY 1 WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST AND TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S BACK INTO THE TRIAD. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO POP UP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY.
WHILE MOST STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THE SEVERE THRESHOLD...ONE
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED SO FAR AND SPC
HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH
AND EAST. LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THIS AREA ARE VERY STRONG WITH
MODEST MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ABOVE. DCAPE INCREASES FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH...NEARING 1000 J/KG. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE SHEAR TO
SUPPORT ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY
POOR THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE DEVELOPMENT ON THE
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY AND OTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IS WHERE
THE MOST HELP WILL COME FROM SHEAR WISE. MOISTURE IS ALSO MOST
PREVALENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS IT REPRESENTS THE DECAYING MCV FROM
LAST NIGHT AND DEWPOINTS IN THIS REGION ARE IN THE MID 60S.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGIONS OF BETTER
INSTABILITY. IN THE STRONGER STORMS HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND
WINDS OF 50-60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. QPF WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT BUT
A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH SHOULD BE A GOOD BASELINE FOR MOST
THUNDERSTORMS.

HIGHS TODAY SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 80S IN THE NORTHWEST TO 90
DEGREES IN THE SOUTHEAST. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT AROUND
GRADUALLY FROM A WESTERLY DIRECTION TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION
OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. STORMS WILL GRADUALLY END FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT AND GIVE WAY TO LOW STRATUS THAT WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOW
TO MID 60S.

FOR SUNDAY MODELS DISAGREE ON THE STRENGTH AND THE LOCATION OF THE
MESO-LOW OFF OF THE CAROLINA COAST. EXPECT A LARGELY DRY DAY WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LEFTOVER SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT
MAY LINGER IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP
TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES A GREAT DEAL AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD.
EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S...RIGHT
AROUND CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SKIES WILL ALSO
BEGIN TO CLEAR BY THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD
DOWN THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM THE NORTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 150 PM SATURDAY...

FOR SUNDAY NIGHT: THE MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WILL HAVE PUSHED TO OUR
SOUTH AND SW BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING
BUILDING IN ALOFT FROM THE NNW. EXPECT A DRY NIGHT WITH COOL SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE NOSING IN FROM THE NNE PRODUCING NORTHEASTERLY LOW
LEVEL FLOW TOPPED BY A DRY NNW FLOW ALOFT. THE GFS KEEPS THE
NEAR-SURFACE LAYER MUCH MORE MOIST THAN WHAT IS INDICATED BY THE
NAM/ECMWF... RESULTING IN LOW STRATUS OVERNIGHT WITHIN THE LOW LEVEL
STABLE POOL. BUT BASED ON THE DIFFLUENT SURFACE FLOW... THE COOL
CHARACTER AND WEAKNESS OF THE INCOMING HIGH... AND THE FAR-SOUTH
MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND OFFSHORE LOW... THIS APPEARS OVERDONE AND
WILL HAVE FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT MOST WITH PERHAPS MORE HIGH
CLOUDS IN THE NORTH WITH PASSAGE OF MOIST POCKET ON THE 330K
SURFACE. LOWS 55-60.

FOR MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT: CONTINUED DRY WITH WARM/STABLE AIR ALOFT
(DUE TO A WEAK MID LEVEL ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVERHEAD) AND HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGING CENTERED JUST OFF THE MIDATLANTIC/NE COAST
EXTENDING DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL/ERN NC. WITH THE SLOWLY VEERING LOW
LEVEL FLOW AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EASTWARD... THE INCREASING
ONSHORE-DIRECTED LOW LEVEL WIND COMPONENT SHOULD BEGIN TO PULL IN
ENOUGH ATLANTIC MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS WITH
THE ONSET OF HEATING/MIXING. BASED ON BELOW-NORMAL LOW LEVEL
THICKNESSES AND AT LEAST A FEW CLOUDS WITH WEAK COOL AIR ADVECTION
AT THE SURFACE... HAVE LOWERED HIGHS A BIT TO 73-78. SURFACE FLOW
CONTINUES TO VEER AROUND TO LIGHT SOUTHERLY MONDAY NIGHT WITH WARM
AIR ADVECTION STRENGTHENING IN THE LOWEST 2 KM ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE EXITING 850 MB ANTICYCLONE. ANTICIPATE INCREASING STRATUS
OVERNIGHT PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN CWA. LOWS 55-60.

FOR TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT: CLOUDS WILL INCREASE WEST TO EAST WITH
IMPROVING SHOWER/STORM CHANCES ESPECIALLY WEST. MODELS AGREE THAT
THE POSITIVELY TILTED LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WILL SPLIT
WITH THE SOUTHERN END CLOSING OFF OVER THE FAR SW CONUS WHILE THE
NORTHERN STREAM VORTEX TRACKS ALONG THE US/CANADIAN BORDER... ITS
TROUGH SWEEPING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SURFACE
HIGH CENTERED OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL MOVE FURTHER OFFSHORE AS
ITS RIDGE STEADILY LOSES ITS GRIP ON CENTRAL NC. A WEAK MID LEVEL
WAVE EJECTING THROUGH THE PLAINS TODAY (OUT AHEAD OF THE SPLITTING
WRN US TROUGH) AMPLIFIES SLIGHTLY OVER THE ERN GREAT LAKES AND OH
VALLEY AND MID SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT... AND THIS WAVE'S APPROACH
COUPLED WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT JUST
TO ITS WEST WILL HELP MOISTEN AND SLOWLY DESTABILIZE THE COLUMN. BUT
THE BULK OF THE SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT HOLDS TO OUR WNW...
WAITING FOR THE MID LEVEL NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH. ONE COMPLICATING
FACTOR IS A MID LEVEL CLOSED LOW WHICH THE MODELS DEVELOP ALONG THE
OLD SHEAR ZONE OVER OR JUST OFF THE GA COAST EARLY MONDAY. THE GFS
ALLOWS THIS FEATURE TO EVENTUALLY BE PUSHED ESE BY THE
AFOREMENTIONED WAVE AND DEEPER TROUGH... WHILE THE NAM INSTEAD PULLS
IT NORTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE IS
NOT HIGH IN EITHER SOLUTION... BUT IF THE NAM IS CORRECT... THE
COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE GREATER STORM COVERAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR
NOW THOUGH... WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE TRIAD AND LESSER
ISOLATED POPS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. HIGHS 77-81 WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING... THE WEAKENING NATURE OF THE LEAD
WAVE AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH... WEAK LOW LEVEL PREFRONTAL MASS
CONVERGENCE... AND THE DELAY IN SUBSTANTIAL DYNAMIC FORCING UNTIL
AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY... WILL KEEP POPS AS LOW CHANCE THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. MILD LOWS OF 62-66... A BIT ABOVE GUIDANCE WITH WARM
AIR ADVECTION AND PLENTIFUL CLOUD COVER. -GIH

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 155 PM SATURDAY...

FOR WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT: THE BULK OF THE PREFRONTAL DYNAMIC
FORCING FOR ASCENT INCLUDING MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS AND UPPER
DIVERGENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE MAXIMIZED WEDNESDAY... AND LIFT SHOULD
BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AND RESULTANT
DESTABILIZATION. GFS HAS TRENDED A BIT SLOWER... CLOSER TO THE ECMWF
AND CANADIAN... SO WILL SLOW THINGS DOWN AND KEEP A 50-60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH LATE-AFTERNOON
FRONTAL PASSAGE. WARM/MUGGY WITH HIGHS 75-80. RAIN CHANCES TAPER OFF
WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SWEEPS
THROUGH. LOWS 51-57 WITH CLEARING SKIES.

FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NW
BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY WITH LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. THIS TROUGH BEGINS TO SLOWLY LIFT ENE ON FRIDAY WITH
RISING HEIGHTS OVER NC AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE STILL HOLDING OVER
THE REGION. EXPECT GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES... DRY WEATHER... AND TEMPS
3-8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY. GFS/ECMWF TAKE THE
MIDWEEK LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST EASTWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS
AN OPEN WAVE FRIDAY/SATURDAY... HOWEVER THIS SHOULD HOLD TO OUR WEST
THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT CONTINUED FAIR TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
BENEATH MID LEVEL RIDGING... AS A MODIFYING SURFACE AIR MASS ALLOWS
OUR TEMPS TO RISE BACK UP TO NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S
AND LOWER 80S. -GIH

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SATURDAY...

24 HOUR TAF PERIOD:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MOST PREVALENT
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...MOST NOTABLY AT
STATIONS KFAY AND KRWI WHERE A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY HAS SET
UP. AT THE CURRENT TIME KRDU IS EXPERIENCING A THUNDERSTORM BUT THIS
SHOULD CLEAR OUT IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. FURTHER TO THE WEST KINT
AND KGSO ARE LARGELY EXPECTED TO BE DRY THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH A
POPUP SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION
TO NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY BY TOMORROW MORNING. OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT...LOW STRATUS WILL BECOME A PROBLEM AS CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY DETERIORATE TO MVFR AND THEN A PERIOD OF IFR AFTER 6Z BEFORE
CEILINGS RETREAT BACK TO MVFR BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. HAVE
LEFT OUT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAFS FOR NOW AS WIND SPEEDS
WILL REMAIN A BIT ELEVATION OVERNIGHT 5-10 KNOTS.

LONG TERM:

CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO VFR ON SUNDAY EVENING AND SHOULD REMAIN
THAT WAY ON MONDAY.  THE NEXT CHANCE FOR ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS
WILL BE WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...BLS
NEAR TERM...ELLIS
SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD
LONG TERM...HARTFIELD
AVIATION...ELLIS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-061845-
FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-
HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
245 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 249 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 64 AND
EAST OF US HIGHWAY 1. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50-60 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND
LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN
URBANIZED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ008>011-025-040-073>076-083-084-061845-
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-
MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
245 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 64 AND
EAST OF US HIGHWAY 1. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS 50-60 MPH...HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF DIMES OR NICKLES...AND LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT
MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN URBANIZED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
527 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ075-077-086-088-052215-
CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-MOORE-
527 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT...MOORE...
CUMBERLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VASS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PINEVIEW...POPE
AFB...SPRING LAKE...AND...FORT BRAGG.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3520 7937 3535 7926 3534 7924 3533 7923
      3531 7918 3532 7916 3528 7881 3497 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 285DEG 20KT 3526 7923

VINCENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
607 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ088-052245-
CUMBERLAND-
607 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
POPE AFB...OR ABOUT OVER FORT BRAGG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BONNIE DOONE...
FAYETTEVILLE...EASTOVER.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 65.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3509 7909 3513 7911 3519 7909 3522 7893
      3524 7887 3521 7863 3520 7865 3517 7863
      3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867 3504 7865
      3496 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 285DEG 17KT 3516 7898

VINCENT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EDT SAT MAY 05 2012

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

0601 PM     TSTM WND GST     POPE AFB                35.18N  79.03W
05/05/2012  M44 MPH          CUMBERLAND         NC   ASOS

            POPE AFB REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 44 MPH AT 601 PM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200201

VINCENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
626 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ028-042-043-078-052330-
EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WAYNE-WILSON-
626 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE...JOHNSTON...WILSON
AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 625 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
FOUR OAKS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SMITHFIELD...SELMA...
PINE LEVEL...MICRO...PRINCETON...NAHUNTA.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 312 AND 334...AND
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 79 AND 121.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3542 7782 3537 7780 3534 7782
      3518 7783 3519 7816 3521 7817 3522 7824
      3529 7831 3526 7841 3527 7849 3537 7857
      3562 7858 3571 7846 3577 7835 3577 7824
      3573 7820 3581 7798 3577 7765 3568 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 267DEG 25KT 3549 7844

VINCENT