1 flash flood, 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 Jun 8, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 235 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... WELL DEFINED BOUNDARIES OF TUESDAY APPEAR TO BE ABSENT TODAY. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE AT THIS TIME BUT WE ARE MORE STABLE TODAY THAN TUESDAY. INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE REDUCED. CURRENT FORECAST LITTLE CHANGED. CONDITIONS RELATIVELY SIMILAR FOR THURSDAY TO THOSE OF TODAY. PERHAPS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 850 MILLIBAR WINDS WHICH COULD MINIMALLY ENHANCE ACTIVITY THURSDAY. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POINT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS A TOUCH COOLER THAN TODAY. SOME DIFFERENCE IN OPINION IN MOISTURE PROFILE FOR FRIDAY SATURDAY WITH GFS BRINGING SIGNIFICANT DRYING FROM THE EAST WITH THE ETA/NAM KEEPING THE MOISTURE GRADIENT OFFSHORE. NOT AN OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS ON THIS AND WILL LEAVE THE GFS LEANING FORECAST INTACT WITH MUTED CONFIDENCE. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGED AND CONTINUE ON THE WARM SIDE OF CLIMATOLOGY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NO CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL BUILD SLOWLY EAST OVER THE WEEKEND...THEN FLATTEN OUT BY MIDWEEK. THE DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS THE TRACK INTO THE GULF...AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM WOULD ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES ON MONDAY. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME A PERSISTENCE FORECAST OF DIURNAL CONVECTION AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE CONTINUED. .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND COVERAGE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A TEMPO FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH IFR VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT WITH A CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW. WILL HAVE IFR FOG AND LIFR CEILINGS... BUT FOG COULD BE LIFR AT THE TAF SITES WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS THIS AFTERNOON. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...DGS AVIATION...DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 510 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-090915- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 510 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VERY MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE AREA TODAY... COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING... WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LASTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY AND ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN SPOTS... WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. IN ADDITION... A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM TODAY. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WINDS... HAIL... OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 516 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 NCZ075>077-082215- HARNETT-LEE-MOORE- 516 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LEE...WESTERN HARNETT AND MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 516 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OVERHILLS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PINEVIEW...OLIVIA...CAMERON...LEMON SPRINGS...QUAIL RIDGE...SANFORD... AND TRAMWAY. GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL SEVERELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS. WSS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
About six inches of water covered the floors of businesses on Franklin Street after water backed out of a storm drainage system, covering the street, flooding buildings and the parking lot for the Police Department. Cross Creek overflowed its banks and left mud on streets, sidewalks, and parking lots. Twenty streets were closed due to flooding.
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