1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 12:45 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 145 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 WILL BE IN WARM AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR THROUGH WEEKEND. CONVECTION SUPPRESSED SOMEWHAT TODAY BY WEAK UPPER RIDGING. CONVECTION WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AS WEAK RIDGING FLATTENS OUT AND IMPULSES ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP OHIO VALLEY PUSH INTO STATE. AS INSTABILITY INCREASES ALOFT THURSDAY TRIGGERS WILL BE PROVIDED BY MCS REMAINS ADVECTING FROM WEST COUPLED WITH HEATING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL SIMILAR CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH DAILY MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION CONTINUING. FRONT TRIES TO MOVE OVER AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY BUT JURY IS STILL OUT AS TO FINAL IMPACT. AT THIS TIME LOOK FOR BROAD FRONTAL BAND TO SETTLE OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INCREASED CLOUDS AND CONVECTION WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST BELOW AVERAGE VALUES. .RAH...NONE. SWH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-111015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 417 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RA
NCZ073>075-083>085-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 507 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT THROUGH 7 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL DRIFT NORTH INTO SECTIONS OF ANSON...RICHMOND AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR ALBEMARLE AND TROY. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE TOWNS OF WHITE STORE...MORVEN...DIGGS...HAMLET AND GIBSON WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THESE STORMS PRIOR TO 6 PM. WSS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The tops of several trees were snapped off in the Gray's Creek area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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