Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
221 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE
THIS MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM...

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY ONE WITH
ISOLATED CONVECTION WEST. WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUING TO
MOVE EAST... EXITING THE AREA THIS EVENING... EXPECT CONVECTION TO
END RELATIVELY EARLY TONIGHT. SOME FOG LATE TONIGHT IN THE RURAL FOG
PRONE LOCATIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES 71 TO 75.

SOME MODELS INDICATING A WEAK TROUGH LIFTING OUT OF GEORGIA INTO THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES.
WITH THIS FEATURE WEAKENING AND TO OUR WEST... AND WITH NO FORECAST
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT... WILL NOT PLACE ANY EMPHASIS ON THIS FEATURE
AS A RAIN MAKER... BUT ADMIT IT COULD BE CLOSE.

LOW LEVEL WINDS MORE SOLIDLY FROM THE SOUTH FRIDAY AND COULD
ASSIST THE SEABREEZE INTO SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE BEST POTENTIAL ENERGY WILL BE LOCATED THERE AND
AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES ONE IN FOUR SOUTHEAST DROPPING TO ONE IN
SEVEN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY ONE... AND APPROACHING ONE IN FOUR IN THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WHERE MID LEVEL WINDS SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE
CYCLONIC THAN TODAY. SEVERE THREAT MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST.
MINIMALLY LOWER 1000 TO 850 MILLIBAR THICKNESS FRIDAY THAN TODAY...
AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO A TOUCH COOLER... MOSTLY LOWER 90S.

CONVECTION COULD LAST DEEP INTO THE NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WEST
HALF WHERE WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGHING WILL SUSTAIN CYCLONIC WINDS AT
THAT LEVEL FOR A RISK OF ELEVATED CONVECTION. AN STRONGER THAN USUAL
SURFACE INVERSION WILL ALLOW A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET TO DEVELOP... ALSO
AIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AFTER DARK.

SOME STRATUS AND FOG LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS
TRAPPED BELOW THE INVERSION. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES UP A
TOUCH... WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY ONE WITH
ISOLATED CONVECTION WEST. WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUING TO
MOVE EAST... EXITING THE AREA THIS EVENING... EXPECT CONVECTION TO
END RELATIVELY EARLY TONIGHT. SOME FOG LATE TONIGHT IN THE RURAL FOG
PRONE LOCATIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES 71 TO 75.

SOME MODELS INDICATING A WEAK TROUGH LIFTING OUT OF GEORGIA INTO THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES.
WITH THIS FEATURE WEAKENING AND TO OUR WEST... AND WITH NO FORECAST
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT... WILL NOT PLACE ANY EMPHASIS ON THIS FEATURE
AS A RAIN MAKER... BUT ADMIT IT COULD BE CLOSE.

LOW LEVEL WINDS MORE SOLIDLY FROM THE SOUTH FRIDAY AND COULD
ASSIST THE SEABREEZE INTO SAMPSON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE BEST POTENTIAL ENERGY WILL BE LOCATED THERE AND
AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES ONE IN FOUR SOUTHEAST DROPPING TO ONE IN
SEVEN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY ONE... AND APPROACHING ONE IN FOUR IN THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WHERE MID LEVEL WINDS SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND MORE
CYCLONIC THAN TODAY. SEVERE THREAT MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST.
MINIMALLY LOWER 1000 TO 850 MILLIBAR THICKNESS FRIDAY THAN TODAY...
AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO A TOUCH COOLER... MOSTLY LOWER 90S.

CONVECTION COULD LAST DEEP INTO THE NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE WEST
HALF WHERE WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGHING WILL SUSTAIN CYCLONIC WINDS AT
THAT LEVEL FOR A RISK OF ELEVATED CONVECTION. AN STRONGER THAN USUAL
SURFACE INVERSION WILL ALLOW A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET TO DEVELOP... ALSO
AIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AFTER DARK.

SOME STRATUS AND FOG LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS
TRAPPED BELOW THE INVERSION. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES UP A
TOUCH... WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 258 AM THURSDAY...

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WILL REMAIN ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A WESTERN
ATLANTIC RIDGE ALOFT IN A REGION OF WEAKNESS AND LOWER HEIGHTS EAST
OF AN AMPLIFYING ROCKY MOUNTAIN RIDGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED RANGE. AN
IMPRESSIVE WAVE IN THE UPPER FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A 90 PLUS KNOT JET
NEAR BRITISH COLUMBIA THIS MORNING WILL REACH THE UPPER MIDWEST AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED RANGE AND THEN NEW ENGLAND BY
TUESDAY. THIS WAVE WILL WEAKEN DURING THE PERIOD BUT WILL WORK TO
CREATE SOME LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGHING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE
MID ATLANTIC DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. AT THE
SURFACE A BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN CENTERED
OFFSHORE DURING THE EXTENDED RANGE. A COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY AND THEN STALLS OR SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST AS IT
STRETCHES FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS VIRGINA AND NORTH
CAROLINA ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WITH A GENERAL SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS DURING THE PERIOD...THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN RATHER
MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WILL
PROMOTE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER INCLUDING PERIODS OF
MORNING STRATUS AND FOG. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT
LIMITED ON SATURDAY IN A NARROW CORRIDOR OF SHORT WAVE RIDGING.
THE THREAT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION INCREASES ON
SUNDAY AS A DISTURBANCE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY SHORTWAVE IN THE
NORTHERN STREAM AND A SHALLOW WESTWARD PROPAGATING DISTURBANCE
ROTATES AROUND THE BERMUDA RIDGE AND MOVES ONSHORE ACROSS THE
GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA/ NORTH CAROLINA COAST. THE GREATEST CHANCE
OF CONVECTION ARRIVES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE NORTHERN STREAM
WAVE AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DRIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA ALONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 2
INCHES. THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS IS THEN FORECAST TO SHIFT TO NEAR THE
COAST ON WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD FOCUS THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION
CHANCES IN THE EAST.

MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH
LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S... AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S
TO LOWER 90S EACH DAY. -BLAES

&&

.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 740 AM THURSDAY...

24 HOUR TAF PERIOD:

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST THIS
EVENING. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EVENING.
PREDOMINATELY MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH POSSIBLY IFR RESTRICTIONS AT KRWI.

AFTERNOON STORMS AND EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND/OR FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF
STORMS ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...CBL
NEAR TERM...
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...BLAES

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
442 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-030845-
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-
442 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1233 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ075-084>086-021730-
HOKE-MOORE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
1233 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND...RICHMOND...MOORE
AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

AT 1233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PINEBLUFF...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PINEBLUFF...
ABERDEEN...ASHLEY HEIGHTS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3519 7952 3524 7922 3509 7919 3497 7922
      3497 7959 3515 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 265DEG 8KT 3507 7949

MWS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
100 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

1248 PM     HAIL             2 SSW PINEBLUFF         35.08N  79.49W
08/02/2012  E1.25 INCH       MOORE              NC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. STARTING TO
            ACCUMULATE ON THE GROUND.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200808

KC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
212 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

0148 PM     HAIL             1 SE KENLY              35.59N  78.12W
08/02/2012  E1.75 INCH       JOHNSTON           NC   PUBLIC

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS FELL FOR AT LEAST 15
            MIN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200809

KC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
219 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ011-021915-
HALIFAX-
219 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH 315
PM EDT...

AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SCOTLAND NECK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX...MOVING NORTH
AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TILLERY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 7742 3606 7753 3608 7753 3610 7754
      3611 7763 3614 7764 3614 7767 3633 7758
      3631 7756 3633 7744 3627 7741 3624 7737
      3622 7738 3619 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 199DEG 7KT 3619 7747

MWS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
229 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

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

0215 PM     HAIL             3 SSW BONNIE DOONE      35.06N  78.97W
08/02/2012  M1.00 INCH       CUMBERLAND         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING ON SKIBO RD IN FAYETTEVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200810

KC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
246 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ042-021930-
JOHNSTON-
246 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSTON COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM EDT...

AT 246 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MICRO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 5
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KENLY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...
ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...IS POSSIBLE. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING
SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 7813 3546 7827 3554 7832 3573 7821
      3571 7817 3561 7813 3559 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 201DEG 4KT 3559 7818

MWS