Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC

779 
WWUS52 KRAH 242328 RRA
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC063-077-242336-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
GRANVILLE NC-DURHAM NC-
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3630 7794 3582 7826 3566 7853
      3580 7859 3626 7849 3654 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 235DEG 33KT 3592 7839 

$$

NCC069-181-183-185-250015-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
FRANKLIN NC-VANCE NC-WARREN NC-WAKE NC-
628 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST
FOR FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN VANCE...WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN WAKE
COUNTIES...

AT 626 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM WARRENTON TO LITTRELL TO WAKE
FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED
INCLUDE...HENDERSON...LOUISBURG...WARRENTON...WAKE FOREST...
ZEBULON...FRANKLINTON...NORLINA...LITTLETON AND KITTRELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS
CAN BE DEADLY.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3630 7794 3582 7826 3566 7853
      3580 7859 3626 7849 3654 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 235DEG 33KT 3592 7839 

$$

PWB

895 
WWUS52 KRAH 250003
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
703 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC181-183-250011-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
VANCE NC-WAKE NC-
703 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VANCE AND
NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3630 7794 3610 7808 3616 7827
      3619 7830 3644 7821 3654 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 235DEG 33KT 3611 7806 

$$

NCC069-185-250015-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
FRANKLIN NC-WARREN NC-
703 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 701 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARRENTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WARRENTON...LAKE
GASTON...ARCOLA...AFTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3630 7794 3610 7808 3616 7827
      3619 7830 3644 7821 3654 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 235DEG 33KT 3611 7806 

$$

PWB

918 
WWUS52 KRAH 250012
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
712 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC069-185-250021-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
FRANKLIN NC-WARREN NC-
712 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND
WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3630 7794 3610 7808 3616 7827
      3619 7830 3644 7821 3654 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 235DEG 33KT 3611 7806 

$$

PWB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
320 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

.SYNOPSIS...A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ACCOMPANYING SURFACE
CYCLONE THAT WILL TRACK THROUGH THE TN AND OH VALLEYS. A TRAILING
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS OUR REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
EAST TONIGHT AND THU.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 320 PM WEDNESDAY...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING...
...A FEW TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM...

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM...WITH WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIALLY STRONGEST LINE IS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE
TRIAD AND WILL REACH THE TRIANGLE AND FAYETTEVILLE AREAS 4-5
PM...CONCURRENT WITH INCREASING TORNADO THREAT WITH IMPRESSIVE SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY CONTINUING TO INCREASE AS HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE MID
70S. THIS LIVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...SHOULD BE EAST OF THE
AREA BY 7 PM WITH LINGERING SHOWERS ALONG THE MAIN COLD FRONT.

SKIES WILL SCATTER OUT BY MIDNIGHT AS THE PARENT LOW CONTINUES TO
LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA. SOME LESSENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
ALLOW WINDS TO SUBSIDE A BIT...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY MORNING. AS SUCH...THE CURRENT
WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MINS WILL BENEFIT FROM
MIXING TO OFFSET CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT...LOWS MOSTLY FROM 40 TO
45.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 320 PM WEDNESDAY...

SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
AROUND THE MAIN UPPER TROF THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE
FINAL AND STRONGEST SHORT WAVE SHIFTING THE TROF AXIS OFFSHORE BY
FRIDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL BE SQUEEZED OUT OVER THE WESTERN
SLOPES...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS (PERHAPS A STRAY
SPRINKLE OR TWO IN THE TRIAD) SPILLING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER.

COLD AIR WILL BE REINFORCED...WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
LINGERING THURSDAY FEATURING SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH...AND WITH A FEW INFREQUENT GUSTS
INTO THE UPPER 30S TO NEAR 40S KTS POSSIBLE. HIGHS WILL BE A
CATEGORY OR SO BELOW NORMAL...WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED BLUSTERY
CONDITIONS AND AN ASSOCIATED CHILLIER FEEL THAN TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOW TO MID 50S WOULD OTHERWISE SUGGEST. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE FALL TEMPERED BY GOOD
MIXING TO KEEP FRIDAY MORNING MINS MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 30S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1000 AM WEDNESDAY...

COOL AIR ADVECTION DUE TO BROAD TROFFING ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS
WILL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHS
STRUGGLING TO REACH 50 ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MORNING MINS
WILL BE IN THE 30S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.

A FINAL MOISTURE STARVED SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
LATER SATURDAY...INITIATING A SHORT-LIVED WARMING TREND THAT WILL
BEGIN SUNDAY AS PROGRESSIVE SHORT WAVE RIDGING MOVES ACROSS
CONCURRENT WITH MILD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE SOUTH. HIGHS
SUNDAY WILL REACH NEAR NORMAL...MID TO UPPER 50S...AND REACH 60 TO
65 ON MONDAY AHEAD OF OUR NEXT WEAK AND DRY COLD FRONT WHICH WILL
MOVE THROUGH LATER MONDAY TO COOL US BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S
ON TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE AND LIFT NORTH WITH MILD RETURN
FLOW DEVELOPING MID WEEK AS A STRONGER FRONTAL SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE
OVER THE LOWER PLAINS...WITH EXPECTED IMPACTS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
THE EAST COAST UNTIL THURSDAY. HIGHS WEDNESAY SHOULD REACH THE LOW
TO MID 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM WEDNESDAY...

MAIN HAZARD WILL BE SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...INITIAL COLD AIR
WEDGE HAS ERODED AND AN INTITIAL LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST...INTO THE TRIAD TAF SITES
(GSO/INT) BETWEEN 18 AND 20Z. EASTERN SITES MAY EXPECT SCATTERED
ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN LINE REACHING THE
SITES 19-22Z. GUSTS ACCOMPANYING THE STORMS COULD REACH 50 KNOTS AND
POSSIBLY PRODUCE A TORNADO OR TWO.

MEANWHILE...THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS THROUGH 00Z WILL FEATURE
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS
15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. AFTER THE CONVECTION
WANES...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS GUSTING 20 TO 25
OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS THURSDAY REMAIN VFR...BUT WINDS WILL PICK UP
AGAIN BY MIDMORNING...WITH SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 GUSTING
TO 30 KNOTS AFTER 15Z...SUBSIDING TO LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AROUND 00Z
TOMORROW EVENING (BEYOND THE VALID TAF PERIOD).

FRIDAY AND BEYOND...VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO PRECIPITATION ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LIKELY LINGERING INTO MIDWEEK.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT
 EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089.

&&

SYNOPSIS...26/MLM
NEAR TERM...22/MLM
SHORT TERM...26/MLM
LONG TERM...MLM
AVIATION...MLM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1127 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCZ007-021>023-038-039-251630-
PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
1127 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...TORNADO WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG...BLUSTERY WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY...WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-251630-
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-
CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-
WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1127 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST 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.
   WIND ADVISORY.

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

STRONG...BLUSTERY WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY...WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

26

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
538 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

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

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE HASTY              35.64N  79.42W
02/24/2016                   CHATHAM            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            3 TREES DOWN IN THE AREA OF EDWARDS HILL CHURCH RD AND
            BONLEE SCHOOL RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1600434

KC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
539 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCZ021-022-038-039-073>075-083>085-250200-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...
TRINITY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...
SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...WADESBORO...
POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG
539 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP AS SKIES CLEAR BEHIND LINE OF
STORMS...

SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS SKIES CLEAR IN THE WAKE OF THE LINE OF
STORMS CURRENTLY PROGRESSING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

AS OF 530 PM EST...NUMEROUS UPSTREAM LOCATIONS...INCLUDING
CHARLOTTE...MONROE...ALBEMARLE AND CONCORD WERE ALREADY REPORTING
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

VINCENT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

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

0327 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW GOLDSTON           35.63N  79.37W
02/24/2016                   CHATHAM            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ON A RESIDENCE NEAR THE 13500 BLOCK OF NC 902.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1600435

KC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ENE MONCURE           35.64N  79.01W
02/24/2016                   CHATHAM            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON US-1 NEAR OLD US-1 AT MILE MARKER 84
            BLOCKING THE MERGING LANE AND RIGHT LANE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1600436

KC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
611 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

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

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S HOPE MILLS          34.92N  78.94W
02/24/2016                   CUMBERLAND         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON I-95 SOUTHBOUND AT MILE MARKER 39.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1600437

KRD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

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

0545 PM     HAIL             4 NNW NEW HOPE          35.86N  78.58W
02/24/2016  M1.00 INCH       WAKE               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAPITAL BLVD AND OLD
            WAKE FOREST ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1600438

KRD