Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC

404 
WWUS52 KRAH 152239
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
639 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

NCC063-077-145-183-152315-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180415T2315Z/
Person NC-Granville NC-Wake NC-Durham NC-
639 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PERSON...GRANVILLE...WAKE AND DURHAM COUNTIES...

At 638 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near South Boston to near Cary, moving northeast at 45
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Oxford, Roxboro, Creedmoor, Wake
Forest, Garner and Fuquay-Varina.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.

This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread 
wind damage across central North Carolina. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a 
sturdy structure and stay away from windows.
 
&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for central North
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3654 7846 3651 7850 3646 7851 3617 7850
      3608 7854 3602 7855 3601 7850 3565 7853
      3552 7871 3561 7899 3585 7891 3587 7891
      3586 7902 3624 7895 3624 7915 3653 7914
      3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 240DEG 40KT 3669 7885 3577 7886 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Ellis

142 
WWUS52 KRAH 152311
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
711 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

NCC063-077-145-183-152320-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180415T2315Z/
Person NC-Granville NC-Wake NC-Durham NC-
711 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERSON...GRANVILLE...WAKE AND
DURHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for central North
Carolina.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Raleigh.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southern Wake County.

LAT...LON 3654 7846 3651 7850 3646 7851 3617 7850
      3608 7854 3602 7855 3601 7850 3565 7853
      3552 7871 3561 7899 3585 7891 3587 7891
      3586 7902 3624 7895 3624 7915 3653 7914
      3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 240DEG 40KT 3687 7847 3595 7849 

$$

Ellis

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
400 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
A strong cold front will move east across the region this evening,
preceded by heavy showers and a few strong to severe thunderstorms.
Dry, cooler, and breezy conditions will follow for Monday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 320 PM Sunday...

...The risk of severe storms, isolated tornadoes, and locally heavy
downpours continues through this evening...

Strongly forced convection, mostly linear but with scattered leading
discrete cells, will cross the area through this evening, mainly in
the 20z-05z time frame, ahead of a strong cold front attending a
powerful mid level low tracking from S IA across IL/IN through
tonight. Strengthening kinematics will result as the mid level
trough takes on a negative tilt while swinging ENE through the
Carolinas, pushing mid level winds up to 70-80 kts by this evening,
with a 45-55 kt southerly low level jet. Deep layer bulk shear is
already up to 40-60 kts, on its way to 60-80 kts this evening. These
intense kinematics along with 150-200 m height falls will support
vigorous forcing for ascent within deep moisture as PW surges to
around 1.5" ahead of the front.

Temps and dewpoints so far today have overachieved a bit, both
rising slightly higher and faster than earlier anticipated. As a
result, we're seeing moderate instability with SBCAPE already into
the 1000-1500 J/kg range, and this will likely creep upward more as
greater low level warmth and moisture advects in from the S and SSE.
This potential instability along with the high deep layer shear will
support strong to severe storms with damaging winds as a primary
threat, given the intense dynamic forcing for ascent and strong
background wind field. QLCS mesocyclones and isolated tornadoes are
possible as well, with strong line-normal low level winds, a long
curved hodograph, and good probabilities of an STP over 3 according
to the HREF mean. Will watch carefully for any bowing segments,
especially those bowing to the NNE (maximizing the line-normal wind
component), and evidence of rear inflow notches indicative of
possibly tornadogenesis.

Locally heavy rainfall remains a threat over the NW CWA, near the
inflection point of the tilting system, where the deep warm layer
(LCL-0C depth near 4 km) will facilitate warm rain processes. The
potential for training echoes will lead to locally higher amounts,
as the steering wind becomes parallel to the line. Storm total
rainfall is expected to be 2 to 2.5 inches in this area, with
locally higher totals, and with concerns for flooding within the
hilly terrain and urban areas of the Triad, have issued a flash
flood watch through this evening over the NW Piedmont down to
Albemarle.

Precip chances will taper down behind the main band after midnight
from WSW to ENE, although trailing stratiform rain and a few
lightning strikes may linger for a few hours overnight. Will trend
pops down to lower chances, but will keep shower chances going
through the night mainly across the north as waves of mid level DPVA
traverse the base of the negatively tilting trough.

Expect lows from the upper 40s W to upper 50s E. -GIH

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT/...
As of 400 PM Sunday...

The strong mid level low will wobble E then NE over the E Great
Lakes region through Mon/Mon night. The surface front will be moving
well offshore, although surface winds immediately behind it will be
from the WSW, allowing for little in the way of downslope drying as
the intense surface low wraps up over SE Ontario. Periods of mid
level DPVA will continue, with residual moisture through the deep
mixed layer and steep mid level lapse rates of 6-7.5 C/km, resulting
in a risk of isolated to scattered showers, mainly over N sections
from late morning through mid afternoon. Bouts of cloudiness will
result from the passage of vorticity maxima through the trough base,
with the most clouds across the north. Expect highs of 58-64 within
cold air advection. Lows Mon night 35-39, with gradual clearing as
heights rise aloft and drier air surges in. A frost advisory may
need to be considered in some areas, although lower RH values as
well as lingering clouds over N sections overnight may reduce this
threat. -GIH

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 1230 PM Sunday...

Still expecting a quiet long term forecast beginning on Tuesday as
high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico and a northwesterly upper
level flow pattern keep the region dry with a warming trend for the
first half of the work week. Dry weather combined with somewhat
breezy conditions could bring some fire weather concerns to the
area, particularly on Tuesday as min RH values hover around 30
percent with wind gusts near 20 kts. Highs will be in the upper 60s
to low 70s Tuesday but then rising to near 80 degrees on Wednesday.

Thursday a low pressure system will pass well to the north, dragging
a dry cold front through the area and although no precipitation is
expected, temperatures will be cooler, particularly in the Triad
where cooler air will move in prior to peak heating. Temperatures
here will top out in the low 70s with closer to 80 still possible in
the southeast and along the I-95 corridor. That cooler airmass will
continue to filter in for the end of the week, presenting dry
conditions with highs mainly in the 60s both Friday and Saturday.

Models are split on the timing for a system that will make its
approach to central NC sometime early next week. The GFS is much
more progressive with the system, bringing it into the area on
Sunday but the ECMWF solution is much slower, keeping things dry all
the way until Monday night. These details will be ironed out in the
coming days.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 125 PM Sunday...

Adverse aviation conditions are imminent across central NC, lasting
from mid afternoon through the evening hours. Widespread showers and
strong storms will cross the area through the early to mid evening,
ahead of a strong cold front following close on the heels of the
strongest storms and heaviest rain. Prevailing MVFR cigs/vsbys are
likely, with periods of IFR/LIFR conditions within the most intense
convection. Winds will be very strong and shifting with heights, and
even if low level wind shear does not present itself, aircraft
handling will be made difficult through this evening, with surface
winds from the S 20-30 kts gusting to 35-45 kts, higher in and near
showers and storms. Winds will shift from southerly to be from the
SW just behind the main line of storms, but should maintain a SSW
direction until passage of the cold front, 03z-06z W and 06z-09z E,
when winds will become more WSW or westerly. A west to east trend to
VFR is expected starting early evening W, lasting to late evening E.
But passage of a disturbance aloft may bring a period of MVFR cigs
overnight/early Mon morning (07z-12z), mainly across the northern
terminals (INT/GSO/RDU/RWI). A few showers are possible through Mon
morning across the N, but VFR conditions should dominate.

Looking beyond 18z Mon, gusty winds from the WNW will continue
through Mon afternoon. VFR conditions are likely over central NC
through mid week as high pressure builds over the Gulf and Southeast
states. A mostly dry cold front will drop southeast through the area
Wed night into Thu with isolated showers and gusty shifting winds,
but VFR conditions are expected. Another high pressure area building
in will bring VFR conditions Fri. -GIH

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flash Flood Watch until midnight EDT tonight for NCZ021-022-038-039-
073.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RAH
NEAR TERM...Hartfield
SHORT TERM...Hartfield
LONG TERM...Ellis
AVIATION...Hartfield

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
307 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

NCZ021-022-038-039-073-161130-
Forsyth-Guilford-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-
307 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 53 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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.
   Flash Flood Watch.

A few severe thunderstorms will occur this afternoon through early
evening. The primary severe weather hazards will be locally damaging
wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and torrential downpours that may
cause localized flooding.

The greatest risk for severe storms will occur between 4 PM and 8
PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon through mid evening.

NCZ023-074-083-084-161130-
Alamance-Montgomery-Anson-Richmond-
307 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

...TORNADO WATCH 53 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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.

A few severe thunderstorms will occur this afternoon through early
evening. The primary severe weather hazards will be locally damaging
wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and torrential downpours that may
cause localized flooding.

The greatest risk for severe storms will occur between 4 PM and 8
PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon through mid evening.

NCZ007>009-024-025-040-041-075>077-085-086-088-161130-
Person-Granville-Vance-Orange-Durham-Chatham-Wake-Moore-Lee-Harnett-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-
307 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

...TORNADO WATCH 53 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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.

A few severe thunderstorms will occur late this afternoon through
this evening. The primary severe weather hazards will be locally
damaging wind gusts, torrential downpours that may cause localized
flooding, and possibly an isolated tornado.

The greatest risk for severe storms will occur between 6 PM and 11
PM, although an isolated strong to severe storm may occur as early
as 3 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon through mid evening.

NCZ010-011-026>028-042-043-078-089-161130-
Warren-Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Johnston-Wilson-Wayne-Sampson-
307 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

A few severe thunderstorms will occur late this afternoon through
this evening. The primary severe weather hazards will be locally
damaging wind gusts, torrential downpours that may cause localized
flooding, and possibly an isolated tornado.

The greatest risk for severe storms will occur between 6 PM and 11
PM, although an isolated strong to severe storm may occur as early
as 3 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely late this afternoon through mid
evening.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
519 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0510 PM     TORNADO          3 ESE GREENSBORO        36.06N 79.77W
04/15/2018                   GUILFORD           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT GATE
            CITY BLVD AND US 29, GREENSBORO, NC.

&&

BSD/JFD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
528 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0515 PM     TORNADO          4 W MCLEANSVILLE        36.11N 79.74W
04/15/2018                   GUILFORD           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HOMES, ALONG WITH
            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES AT
            NEALTOWN ROAD AND OCTOBER LANE, GREENSBORO,
            NC.

&&

BSD/JFD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
534 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0447 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WNW RANDLEMAN         35.84N 79.90W
04/15/2018                   RANDOLPH           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN AT EDGAR RD AND
            MARLBORO CHURCH RD, RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC.

&&

BSD/JFD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
537 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LILESVILLE              34.96N 79.99W
04/15/2018                   ANSON              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE
            EASTERN HALF OF ANSON COUNTY.

&&

BSD/JFD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
556 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BISCOE                  35.36N 79.78W
04/15/2018                   MONTGOMERY         NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

JFD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
558 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2018

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEAGROVE                35.55N 79.78W
04/15/2018                   RANDOLPH           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

JFD