Hail in North Carolina, April 26, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
225 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL END AS STRONG UPPER LOW AND
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  CONVECTION WILL
END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PIEDMONT AND BY EARLY EVENING OVER
THE COASTAL PLAIN. COLD POCKET ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW WILL
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCT HAIL BEFORE ENDING.

QUITE A BIT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND FRONT SO WILL BE SLOW TO
CLEAR. WILL GO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME FOG FOR TONIGHT.  RIDGING
BUILDS IN SUNDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH FAIR WEATHER AND SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

RIDGING WEAKENS MID TO LATE WEEK ALLOWING A WEAK FRONT TO APPROACH
THE AREA.  WILL CONTINUE LOW POP FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND EARLY
THURSDAY HOWEVER TIMING OF THIS FRONT AND ITS IMPACT IS A BIT
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.

RAH...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
437 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
DUE TO THE LACK OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT THERE WILL NOT BE A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HOWEVER ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
ROXBORO TO THE TRIANGLE AND ROCKINGHAM WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT
EXPERIENCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD TAPER OFF OVER THE TRIAD AROUND NOON
BUT LINGER WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND THE
SANDHILLS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
115 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HALIFAX AND NASH COUNTIES
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 115 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CASTALIA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...AVENTON...AND...RED
OAK...GLENVIEW.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
131 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2003

...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EDGECOMBE AND
WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS EDGECOMBE AND WILSON COUNTIES.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ROCKY
MOUNT...KINGSBORO...WHITAKERS...AND LEGGETT.

GUSTY WINDS SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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