1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 24, 8:25 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 925 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING ZONE FORECAST UPDATE. BASICALLY A WET WEATHER PATTERN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER. WORDING WILL BE ADDED TO SUGGEST LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH REPEAT CELLS...BANDS OF STRONGER EMBEDDED CONVECTION...AND UPSTREAM ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES SHOWING UP TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER. POPS WILL REMAIN CATEGORICAL. UPSTREAM RAOBS AND MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY SHOW JET LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ALOFT TO ENHANCE LIFT. MAIN HEIGHT FALLS LINGER WELL TO THE WEST SUGGESTING THE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. UPSTREAM RAOBS SHOW DEEP SATURATION AND MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES OFFERING LITTLE RESISTANCE TO DYNAMIC FORCING. LOW TO MID LEVEL WINDS IN UPSTREAM VWPS AND RAOBS REMAIN MODERATE WITH 850 MB LEVEL SHOWING 30 KNOTS ON AVERAGE IN A RELATIVELY DIFFUSE PATTERN. .RAH...NONE. RFG
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-250000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1030 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT... .SKYWARN SPOTTERS... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .SYNOPTIC PATTERN... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE WEST LATE TODAY AND MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .HAZARDOUS WEATHER DETAILS... SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME FROM LOCALLY DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS LATE TODAY. OTHER THREATS WILL INCLUDE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF DRAINAGE BASINS FROM REPEAT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS...UPDATES...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged buildings near Campbell University in Buies Creek. The roof of one home was extensively damaged. Siding on the same home was also stripped off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 2001
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