Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Raleigh, NC

905 
WWUS52 KRAH 251827
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
227 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCC051-085-163-251900-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-140425T1900Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-
227 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
HARNETT COUNTIES...
 
AT 226 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST
OF GODWIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED HALF INCH HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS POPE AIR 
FORCE BASE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNN...GODWIN...ERWIN...COATS...WADE...FALCON...LINDEN...BUIES CREEK
AND SPIVEYS CORNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3517 7885 3530 7888 3550 7866 3547 7865
      3544 7861 3540 7859 3539 7858 3537 7857
      3535 7854 3531 7854 3526 7849 3517 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 235DEG 28KT 3525 7881 

$$

BLAES

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1050 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH NC AND VA EARLY
TODAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH SAT...BEFORE A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE AREA
FROM THE NORTH SAT NIGHT AND SUN.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1050 AM FRIDAY...

FORECAST REASONING HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST
WITH A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A NORTHWARD ADVANCING WARM FRONT
PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHERN NC INTO CENTRAL NC. DEW POINTS HAVE CLIMBED
INTO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS SOUTHERN NC WITH KCTZ /CLINTON/ NOW
REPORTING A STEAMY DEW POINT OF 67. MEANWHILE A CAD LIKE AIR MASS
HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND TRIAD AREAS WITH VERY
LOW CEILINGS...FOG AND MIST. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THE
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST PERIPHERY OF THE AIR MASS IS ERODING/MIXING
OUT BUT THE PROCESS WILL LIKELY TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS TO
ARRIVE IN THE TRIAD.

MLCAPE VALUES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE 500 J/KG NEAR THE SC BORDER AND AS
HEATING CONTINUES AND AS A RICHER AND MORE MOIST AIR MASS ADVANCES
NORTH...EXPECT MLCAPE VALUES TO CLIMB INTO THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN EXCESS OF
6 DEG/KM. THE WIND PROFILE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR
ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND SUPERCELLS. RECENT DATA FROM WIND PROFILERS
IN CLAYTON AND DURHAM SUPPORTED BY THE HMT-SEPS PROJECT NOTE A
STRENGTHENING FLOW IN THE 1-6KFT RANGE DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF
HOURS. AMPLE SHEAR IS PRESENT ALREADY WITH THE SPC MESOANALYSIS
INDICATING BULK SHEAR OF 40KTS OR MORE ACROSS CENTRAL NC AND THIS IS
LIKELY TO INCREASE TODAY AS A 50 KT JET AT 500 MB OBSERVED AT KBNA
AND KBMX ADVANCES EAST. PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN FAIRLY LIMITED WITH
THE WARM FRONT SO FAR BUT EXPECT FAIRLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH MORE
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION ARRIVING FROM THE WEST DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST THAT MULTIPLE
LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY SWEEP ACROSS NC... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WITH DISCRETE CELLS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
LINE. COMPOSITE PROBABILITY CHARTS FROM THE SPC SSEO SUGGEST A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD OF ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
PIEDMONT AND ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS LOCATION HAS THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND
THEY MAY EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF IT WITH AND A MORE GENERAL
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NC.

HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE NORTHEAST AND ADDED A MENTION OF GUSTY
WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80
STILL LOOK REASONABLE EVEN IN THE WEDGE LIKE AIR AMS IN THE TRIAD.
-BLAES

FROM THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

PRINCIPLE FORECAST CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE THE EVOLUTION OF
CONVECTION - SOME SEVERE - IN A COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN DOWNSTREAM
OF A PRIMARY SURFACE LOW AND TRAILING COLD FRONT ANALYZED FROM IL
SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY/TO SOUTHERN TX THIS
MORNING. A WARM FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE PARENT LOW - ONE THAT MARKS
THE LEADING EDGE OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE SUPPORTIVE OF
SURFACE/MIXED LAYER-BASED CONVECTION - WILL RETREAT QUICKLY
NORTHWARD WITH A STRENGTHENING LLJ...FROM THE SAVANNAH BASIN AND
ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP/RETREAT NORTHWARD AND ASSUME AN INCREASINGLY NW TO SE
ORIENTATION FROM NORTH-CENTRAL VA SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE VA
TIDEWATER/NE NC THIS AFTERNOON.

ALOFT...A COMPACT NEGATIVELY-TILTED SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEAR THE MO
BOOTHEEL WILL DEAMPLIFY ENE ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON - SLIGHTLY OUTPACING THE
SYNOPTIC SURFACE COLD FRONT...WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO CROSS CENTRAL
NC UNTIL BETWEEN 23-04Z THIS EVENING. THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY
WILL CONSEQUENTLY LIKELY BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH 1) THE WARM FRONT
EARLY IN THE DAY...WHEN INITIALLY SCATTERED ELEVATED SHOWERS...WILL
BECOME INCREASINGLY ROOTED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER OWING TO BOTH
DIURNAL/DIABATIC HEATING AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE RECOVERY/
TRANSPORT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT...AND 2) ALONG A PRE-
FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH/CONFLUENCE AXIS THAT WILL DEVELOP FROM
WESTERN NC EASTWARD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN THIS
AFTERNOON - COINCIDENT WITH THE CONCENTRATED FORCING FOR ASCENT
ATTENDING THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH.

THERMODYNAMICS WILL BE GOOD...WITH H85-5 LAPSE RATES FORECAST TO
EXCEED 6 C/KM OWING LARGELY TO DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ADVECTION IN
THAT LAYER. IN ADDITION TO THE STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT...STEADILY
INCREASINGLY MID LEVEL FLOW/0-6 KM BULK SHEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE APPROACH/ARRIVAL OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH/MID LEVEL JET WILL
PROVE SUFFICIENT FOR STORM ORGANIZATION...AND AN ASSOCIATED THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AREA-WIDE. HOWEVER...THE LIKELIHOOD
OF SUPERCELLS WILL BE MAXIMIZED OVER THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND
COASTAL PLAIN NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN VA - IN
AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH TO THE WEST AND THE WARM
FRONT TO THE NORTHEAST. SURFACE FLOW WILL BE LOCALLY BACKED IN THOSE
AREAS...SUCH THAT CYCLONICALLY-CURVED FORECAST HODOGRAPHS WILL
LENGTHEN/SRH VALUES WILL INCREASE INTO THE 200-300 M2/S2 RANGE -
SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE BEHIND THE PRE-FRONTAL
TROUGH...VEERED SURFACE FLOW AND THE LOSS OF LARGER SCALE FORCING
FOR ASCENT ACCOMPANYING THE PASSING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL END THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AND CAUSE THE SURFACE COLD FRONT TO PASS WITH
RELATIVELY LITTLE FANFARE THIS EVENING...WITH PERHAPS A BAND OF
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED STORM - IF THAT.
OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE BREEZY AND WARM TODAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE
MIDDLE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...BUT WITH A DISTRIBUTION MODULATED
BY POCKETS OF DENSER CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION.

A SUBSIDENT...COOLER...AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT
EASTWARD AND RESULT IN CLEARING SKIES...WITH WIDE-RANGING LOWS FROM
45-55 DEGREES TONIGHT...COOLEST OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
PIEDMONT WHERE A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL BE
PROBABLE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS BY 12Z SAT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM FRIDAY...

DRY WEATHER WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL ENSUE FOR THE WEEKEND
IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AS A MILD SURFACE HIGH
SURFACE BUILDS INTO THE AREA LOWER MS VALLEY/NORTHERN GULF COAST
STATES ON SATURDAY. A COMPACT UPPER LOW/TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES WILL MOVE EASTWARD-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
ON SUNDAY. ATTENDANT HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-
ATLANTIC STATES WILL DRIVE A SECONDARY BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT
SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THATS PROG TO
STALL AND WASH OUT ACROSS THE AREA AS IT ENCOUNTERS INCREASING
HEIGHTS ALOFT AS SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. OTHER THAN A FEW CLOUDS...EXPECT LITTLE SENSIBLE WEATHER
FROM THIS FEATURE WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS TO CLOSE OUT THE
WEEKEND. HIGHS ONE CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL...75 TO 80. LOWS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 50S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM FRIDAY...

AN ACTIVE AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS TO BE IN THE CARDS
FROM THE MS VALLEY EASTWARD FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK..
OWING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN US THAT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST...HAMPERED BY
A DEVELOPING REX BLOCK OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA.

WHILE MODELS ARE ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL BIG
PICTURE/LOCATION OF SYNOPTIC FEATURES...FINER FORECAST DETAILS ARE
STILL CURRENTLY BEYOND MODEL RESOLUTION...FURTHER COMPLICATED
LOCALLY WITH MODEL DEPICTION OF AN EARLY WARM SEASON DAMMING EVENT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIAS MONDAY AND INTO
TUESDAY WITH A WARM/WEDGE FRONT BISECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA. SENSIBLE WEATHER IMPACTS MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY COULD BE
DELAYED UNTIL THE MID TO LATE WEEK TIME PERIOD...WITH CENTRAL NC
LYING UNDERNEATH THE FORMIDABLE RIDGING ALOFT...DOWNSTREAM OF THE
UPPER JUGGERNAUT AND EAST OF THE STRONGER SOUTHERN MOISTURE FEED
THATS LOOKS TO REMAIN LARGELY WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. SUCH AN IDEA
FITS WELL WITH THE LARGE SCALE BLOCKING UPPER AIR PATTERN THAT WILL
BE IN PLACE WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND
SEVERE STORMS COMING WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY. FORECAST SHOULD
BECOME CLEARER/LESS MURKY BY SUNDAY ONCE THE UPPER LOW FORMS. UNTIL
THEN...WILL FAVOR FORECAST CONTINUITY WITH CONTINUATION OF HIGH
CHANCE/LIKELY POPS. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND PROSPECTS OF PRECIP SHOULD
KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL... AND POSSIBLY EVEN A GOOD 5 TO 8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE PIEDMONT...NORTH OF THE WEDGE FRONT. WARMER MORE UNIFORM
TEMPERATURES BY THURSDAY AS WEDGE SECTOR OVERTAKES THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 705 AM FRIDAY...

A DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW IN ANTI-CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND HIGH
PRESSURE ALONG THE COAST...WILL CAUSE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO INCREASE
OVER NC THIS MORNING...SUCH THAT IFR-MVFR STRATUS CLOUDS ARE LIKELY
TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NC THROUGH 16Z - LOWEST
AND MOST LIKELY AT TRIAD TERMINALS. THE PASSAGE OF A WARM FRONT THIS
MORNING WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS ALSO
THROUGH AROUND 16Z...FOLLOWED BY A BREEZY SW SURFACE WIND AND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. CLEAR AND COOLER CONDITIONS IN WNW POST-FRONTAL FLOW WILL
FOLLOW FOR TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: UNSETTLED WEATHER - WITH PERIODS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AND
RAIN/SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS - IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED SURFACE
FRONTAL ZONE AND IN A REGIME OF PERTURBED AND MOIST SW FLOW
ALOFT...WILL OCCUR EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...MWS
NEAR TERM...BLAES/MWS
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...CBL
AVIATION...MWS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
147 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-261800-
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-
147 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 91 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN...WILL EXIST EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
113 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ074-075-084-251800-
RICHMOND-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-
113 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
RICHMOND...EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 200
PM EDT...

AT 112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKINGHAM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINEHURST...BISCOE...WHISPERING PINES...ELLERBE...FOXFIRE...STAR...
CANDOR...TAYLORTOWN...NORMAN AND SEVEN LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN ANY STORM MOVES NEARBY OR OVERHEAD...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY
BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF
BLOWING AROUND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS. IF HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ENCOUNTERED WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.

&&

LAT...LON 3551 7970 3525 7937 3497 7987 3498 7987
      3500 7990 3504 7988 3507 7991 3512 7992
      3512 7995 3509 7999 3511 8001
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 230DEG 26KT 3509 7988

DJF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
124 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ026-027-042-043-251800-
FRANKLIN-NASH-WILSON-JOHNSTON-
124 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN...SOUTHWESTERN NASH...WEST CENTRAL WILSON AND
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BAILEY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAILEY...MIDDLESEX...SIMS...PILOT...BUCKHORN RESERVOIR AND EMIT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3563 7818 3563 7822 3565 7828 3570 7835
      3576 7836 3582 7826 3583 7826 3588 7829
      3597 7823 3584 7795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 214DEG 50KT 3584 7819

13

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
141 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

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

0138 PM     HAIL             1 NW GRAHAM             36.07N  79.40W
04/25/2014  M1.00 INCH       ALAMANCE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GRAHAM

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401291

KRR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
154 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

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

0145 PM     HAIL             2 SSE HAW RIVER         36.07N  79.35W
04/25/2014  M1.75 INCH       ALAMANCE           NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR EXIT 150 ON INTERSTATE 40

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401292

KRR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
157 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ026>028-043-251830-
FRANKLIN-NASH-WILSON-EDGECOMBE-
157 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
FRANKLIN...NASH...NORTHWESTERN WILSON AND NORTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE
COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SPRING HOPE AND NASHVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...NASHVILLE...WILSON...DORTCHES...BAILEY...RED OAK...
SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...WHITAKERS AND SIMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3599 7759 3570 7809 3588 7828 3618 7794
      3618 7792 3617 7792 3617 7790 3614 7789
      3615 7784 3614 7781 3614 7780 3613 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 232DEG 35KT 3591 7799

13

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
204 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ039-040-075-076-251830-
RANDOLPH-LEE-CHATHAM-MOORE-
204 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH...LEE...SOUTHERN CHATHAM AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANFORD...SOUTHERN PINES...CARTHAGE...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...
GOLDSTON...WHISPERING PINES...PINEBLUFF...BROADWAY AND ROBBINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3535 7973 3549 7977 3551 7977 3570 7961
      3558 7892 3507 7947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 240DEG 33KT 3547 7943