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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 17, 2013Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2013, 2:11 PM EDT for Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2013, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 2157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 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.

601 
WGUS52 KRAH 171811
FFWRAH
NCC007-153-172115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FF.W.0040.130717T1811Z-130717T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
211 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OVER         
  CENTRAL RICHMOND AND ANSON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT  
  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG U.S. 74 BETWEEN             
  WADESBORO AND ROCKINGHAM DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO  
  3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH 330 PM.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED WITH FLOODING INCLUDE LILESVILLE AND          
  WADESBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MANY
ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY 
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8032 3493 8031 3510 8030 3511 8029
      3502 7978 3485 7979 3484 8032 3489 8032

$$

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1 follow-up statement

545 
WGUS72 KRAH 172019
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
419 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NCC007-153-172028-
/O.CAN.KRAH.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130717T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-
419 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL RICHMOND
AND ANSON COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE 
FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3493 8032 3493 8031 3510 8030 3511 8029
      3502 7978 3485 7979 3484 8032 3489 8032

$$

SEC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 17, 2:00 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:00 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
200 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 1115 AM WEDNESDAY...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY IS
DOMINATING MUCH OF THE WEATHER ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. A WEAK
SURFACE TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL NC THIS MORNING IS WARMER THAN YESTERDAY
WITH 1000-850 THICKNESS ABOUT 4-8 METERS GREATER THIS MORNING THAN
YESTERDAY. THE AIR MASS IS ALSO MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE
VALUES AROUND 1500-200 J/KG CURRENTLY AND PROGGED TO DESTABILIZE
FURTHER WITH THE GREATEST MLCAPE VALUES PEAKING ACROSS THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT IN THE 2500-3500 J/KG RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...ONLY A SMALL PERTURBATION IS NEEDED TO
INITIATE CONVECTION. THE MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND NEAR TERM
FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA WITH THE GREATEST INSTABILITY...MOST FAVORABLE MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER FLOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR. STILL THINK
THAT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED TODAY GIVEN THE
LACK OF A FORCING MECHANISM...THE PERTURBATION THAT MOVED ACROSS
CENTRAL NC LAST NIGHT IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AND AWAY FROM THE REGION
WITH THE NEXT DISTURBANCE NOT LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL
THE OVERNIGHT. THIS WAVE MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED
NOCTURNAL CONVECTION TONIGHT. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE TRIMMED POPS
DOWN ABOUT 10 PERCENT AND THEY NOW RANGE IN THE 18 PERCENT NORTHEAST
TO 30 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH
THICKNESSES UP SLIGHTLY...HAVE RAINED TEMPS UP AROUND A
DEGREE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHTLY
SMALLER BUMP IN THE EAST. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 70 AND 75
DEGREES. -BLAES

FOR THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT: THE MID LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR NORTHWEST
WEAKENS FURTHER THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... AS A WEAKNESS IN THE
HEIGHT FIELD ALOFT DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF. THIS LEAVES NC UNDER
SUBTLE RIDGING NOSING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC... WHILE AT THE
SURFACE... WEAK TROUGHING CONTINUES TO EXTEND THROUGH THE NC
PIEDMONT. THIS VERY WEAK FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN WILL NOT SUPPORT
ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH A LONG LIFETIME... PARTICULARLY WITH
SOMEWHAT DRY MID LEVEL AIR. BUT WITH PRECIP WATER STAYING SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL (1.7-1.9 INCHES) AND STRONG INSTABILITY ONCE AGAIN
ANTICIPATED (GFS AND NAM MUCAPE EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG)... WE SHOULD
SEE AT LEAST A FEW AFTERNOON STORMS... POTENTIALLY FOCUSED ALONG A
SEA BREEZE AND/OR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE THE GFS INDICATES
HIGHER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THE VERTICAL THERMAL PATTERN SHOWS
LITTLE CHANGE... AND AGAIN EXPECT HIGHS OF 91-96 AND LOWS OF 70-75.
-GIH

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM WEDNESDAY...

THE RIDGE TO OUR NORTHWEST WILL DEAMPLIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN US AND A BROAD TROUGH BEGINS TO
DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN US. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASINGLY
UNSETTLED WEATHER AS A FEW UPPER DISTURBANCES TRAVERSE THE GREAT
LAKES AND A COLD FRONT SLIPS SOUTHEAST TOWARD OUR AREA.  IN THE
SHORT TERM...850MB TEMPS FALL SLIGHTLY FRIDAY BUT STILL REMAIN ABOVE
17C...SUGGESTING ANOTHER DAY OF LOW TO MID 90S.  THE THERMALLY
ENHANCED LEE TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT SHOULD AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY
FOCUS FOR CONVECTION INITIATION....WITH LITTLE SUPPORT ALOFT.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME DRYING BETWEEN 850-700MB AND A SLIGHTLY
STRONGER CAP WHILE THE BEST MOISTURE SETS UP OVER WESTERN NC...WHERE
AND AXIS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY SEEMS MORE PLAUSIBLE.  POPS SHOULD
ACCORDINGLY BE GREATEST OVER THE WEST...BUT WITH LESS COVERAGE
EXPECTED THAN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  ANY CONVECTION WILL BE
DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE DRY WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER
70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WEDNESDAY...

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
WESTERLY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN THE PERSISTENT LEE TROF FRIDAY...BUT
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INHIBITED BY THE LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT AS THE
UPPER PATTERN BEGINS TO TRANSITION TOWARDS A LOW AMPLITUDE...LONG
WAVE EAST COAST TROF. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL POPS
ACROSS THE AREA AS INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGH ONCE AGAIN WITH HIGHS
CLIMBING TOWARDS THE MID 90S.

SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...
HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN
UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO AMPLIFY OVER THE EASTERN US. THIS WILL
TRANSITION US TO A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN...WITH MORE
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION FROM THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
INITIALLY...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL
FOCUS ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. THIS LACK OF FORCING
WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR WITH PREDOMINANTLY WESTERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW
PERHAPS ALLOWING STORMS OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES TO MIGRATE EAST INTO
THE WESTERN PIEDMONTS LATER SATURDAY. SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY...AT
LEAST INITIALLY...WITH HIGHS REACHING MOSTLY LOWER 90S DESPITE
SLIGHTLY LOWER THICKNESS VALUES.

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT FLOW AND
TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ON SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE
STALLING ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC...PERHAPS ACROSS CENTRAL NC OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE UPPER TROF WILL BE GRADUALLY AMPLIFYING
THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE ENSUING DEEPENING SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR MAINTAINING AT LEAST SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL
CONVECTION IN THE WEAKENING SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. BETTER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS MORE LIKELY ALONG THE
SOUTHERN TIER OF THE AREA. HIGHS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE BELOW
NORMAL...MAINLY 85 TO 90 DEGREES...DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONT SETS
UP AND CLOUD COVERAGE TO HAMPER INSOLATION.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 712 AM TUESDAY...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THROUGH TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
SCATTERED STORMS WHICH PASSED NEAR RWI LAST EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS HELPED WET THE GROUND ENOUGH TO FOSTER DEVELOPMENT
OF BANKS OF FOG AT THAT SITE. THIS FOG SHOULD LIFT AND MIX OUT TO
VFR BY 14Z. OTHERWISE... THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TO NO FOG AS THE WARM
GROUND HAS KEPT THE NEAR-SURFACE AIR FROM COOLING TO THE DEW POINT.
ANY CIGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VFR... HOWEVER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
STORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH. HOWEVER... WHILE COVERAGE SHOULD BE GREATEST AT FAY/GSO/INT...
THE OVERALL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN ANY
CENTRAL NC TAF AT THIS TIME. THE CHANCE OF STORMS WILL WANE AROUND
SUNDOWN WITH LOSS OF HEATING.

LOOKING BEYOND 12Z THURSDAY: VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH
SUNDAY... ALTHOUGH SHALLOW SUB-VFR GROUND FOG IS POSSIBLE JUST
BEFORE AND AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. THERE IS A
NEARLY DAILY CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM AREAWIDE EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST... AND BRIEF SUB-VFR
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY STORMS. -GIH

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...NP
NEAR TERM...BLAES/HARTFIELD
SHORT TERM...BLS
LONG TERM..MLM
AVIATION...HARTFIELD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:38 AM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
538 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NCZ021>025-038>042-073>078-083>086-088-089-180945-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
538 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH
DIAMETER HAIL... WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH... AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION... HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL AGAIN APPROACH 100 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ007>011-026>028-043-180945-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON-
538 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX
VALUES TO AROUND 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL AGAIN APPROACH 100 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
843 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NCZ085-086-171345-
HOKE-SCOTLAND-
843 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS SCOTLAND AND HOKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT...

AT 842 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RAEFORD...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...RAEFORD...WAGRAM...CAMP MACKALL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE
SAFE SHELTER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 7952 3499 7958 3502 7952 3509 7915
      3490 7910 3484 7918 3483 7923 3483 7934
      3480 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1242Z 080DEG 15KT 3496 7932

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1013 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

1230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PINETOPS                35.79N  77.64W
07/17/2013                   EDGECOMBE          NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON FIRST STREET AND ERWIN STREET. LIGHTNING
            KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THE ENTIRE TOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300850

MLM

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
100 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NCZ083>085-171800-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
100 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS SCOTLAND...RICHMOND
AND ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 1257 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM WAGRAM AND LAURINBURG WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 74 TO TO
ROCKINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LAURINBURG...EAST
ROCKINGHAM...AND...ROCKINGHAM...LILESVILLE...WADESBORO.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MINOR FLOODING.
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE
SAFE SHELTER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 8011 3514 8008 3498 7938
      3491 7935 3485 7934 3482 7935 3477 7933
      3473 7936 3472 7958
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 079DEG 12KT 3486 7969

13

Local storm report, Jul 17, 2:07 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
207 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

0145 PM     HAIL             5 ESE LILESVILLE        34.95N  79.89W
07/17/2013  M1.00 INCH       ANSON              NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300851

NP

Local storm report, Jul 17, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
209 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

0150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W ROCKINGHAM          34.95N  79.85W
07/17/2013                   RICHMOND           NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE BLOWN DOWN ALONG US-74 AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            BUSINESS 74.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300852

NP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	55 min
Jul 16, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Wake	98 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	58 min
Jul 16, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	53 min
Jul 16, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	64 min
Jul 16, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	46 min
Jul 17, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	51 min
Jul 17, 4:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	63 min
Jul 17, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	64 min
Jul 17, 8:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	24 min
Jul 17, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	62 min
Jul 17, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	60 min
Jul 17, 1:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	102 min
Jul 17, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	48 min
Jul 17, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	61 min
Jul 17, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	52 min
Jul 17, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	50 min
Jul 17, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	54 min
Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	56 min
Jul 17, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	35 min
Jul 17, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	31 min
Jul 17, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	54 min
Jul 17, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.