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 Aug 22, 9:43 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1043 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST INTO THE NC MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. A PIEDMONT TROUGH AND MAIN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY (MAIN CONVECTIVE FOCUS) HAD SHIFTED SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND SOUTHEAST SANDHILLS AS OF 1000 PM. && .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY OVER CENTRAL NC KEPT THE CAPES DOWN FROM WHAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN. THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH SUNSHINE TO GET TEMPS UP INTO THE UPPER 80S OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS TODAY. AS CONVECTION DEVELOPED AND MOVED SE OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NC MOUNTAINS... THE STRONGEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND HIGHEST THETA-E GRADIENT DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT EAST INTO THE SANDHILLS... ALONG THE PIEDMONT TROUGH. SUBSEQUENT STORM DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITH A SOUTHWARD PROPAGATION OF THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AXIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY S-SE THROUGH CHATHAM... SE RANDOLPH... LEE... WESTERN HARNETT... AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... WHERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WAS COMMON... WITH DOPPLER ESTIMATES OF LOCAL 3 INCH AMOUNTS. HOWEVER... IT REMAINED MOSTLY DRY ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NC. THE MAIN CONVECTION THIS EVENING HAS CONTINUED TO PROPAGATE SOUTH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... SANDHILLS... AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS. THE AXIS OF DEEPEST CONVECTION AT 1000 PM EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELLERBE EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN PINES... FAYETTEVILLE... AND HOBBTON. RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN 1 INCH PER HOUR AND CG LIGHTNING HAD DIMINISHED TO 9-10 STRIKES IN 5 MINUTES CENTERED OVER NORTHERN HOKE AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDER WAS OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN VA AND NORTHERN NC... AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. DATA ANALYSIS DURING THE LATE EVENING INDICATED A CONTINUED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT ALONG THE AXIS OF INSTABILITY ALONG THE CURRENT CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW MOVING SLOWLY SE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. THE LOSS OF HEATING AND THE GRADUAL EROSION OF THE INSTABILITY AND THETA-E MAXIMUM SHOULD ALLOW THE CONVECTION TO DECREASE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL KEEP LIKELY POP THROUGH AROUND 200 AM... THE DECREASE TO 30. AS FOR THE FRONT TO THE NW... THERE WAS STILL MARGINAL INSTABLITY AND CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN VA AND NW NC... BUT THE UNREASONABLY HIGH DEW POINT READINGS AT THE MOUNT AIRY AWOS... WILKESBORO AWOS... AMONG OTHERS... WERE CREATING A FALSE THETA-E AND LIFTED INDEX MAX THERE. THESE AWOS SITES ALONG WITH ERWIN-DUNN AND LOUISBURG WERE CALLED IN TO THE FAA FOR A DATA QUALITY CHECK THIS EVENING. WHEN THESE AWOS SITES DATA ARE THROWN OUT... THERE WAS STILL A WEAK INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE AXIS TO OUR NORTHWEST-NORTH. THIS WILL SUPPORT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NC. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .CLIMATE... RALEIGH (NCSU) HAS TOTALED ONLY 0.28 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A LOCAL ANOMALY AS RALEIGH (4 NNE) HAS TOTALED 1.48 AND THE RDU AIRPORT LOCATION 2.27 INCHES. REGARDLESS... THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAIN EVER RECORDED AT RALEIGH (NCSU) WAS 1.02 INCHES IN 1953. RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE RALEIGH AREA SINCE 1888. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 220 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006) SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A COUPLE OF SMALL SCALE PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW ALOFT FROM THE WEST AND A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE SURFACE ACROSS CENTRAL NC WILL ENHANCE SCATTERED DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SCATTERED LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE RAH CWA UNTIL NIGHTFALL THIS EVENING...THEN DWINDLE TO ISOLATED CELLS OR DISSIPATE AFTER 10 PM. POPS WILL REMAIN HIGHER TO THE SOUTH...60-70 PCT...AND 40-50 PCT NORTH...DECREASING TO 20 PCT OR LESS AFTER 02Z. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTH LATE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT FLOW MAINLY FROM THE NORTHEAST TOWARD DAYBREAK. SATURATION IN THE LOWEST LAYERS SHOULD PROMPT AREAS OF LOW STRATUS CLOUDINESS AND FOG EARLY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES GO WITH CONSENSUS GUIDANCE 70-75. -RFG L/W TROUGH ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD GRADUALLY DIGS THROUGH 12Z THU. THIS WILL RESULT IN SURFACE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE WAVE TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD WED AND WED NIGHT. STRATUS AND FOG OVER REGION WED MORNING WILL LIKELY BE SLOW TO LIFT AS MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE INVERSION OVER AREA WILL PREVENT DECENT MIXING UNTIL MID DAY. AIRMASS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY MOIST OVER THE SE COUNTIES ALONG WITH INSTABILITY TO WARRANT A SMALL CHANCE POP. COLUMN DRIES OUT ENOUGH NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 TO PRECLUDE MENTION OF A POP. POTENTIAL FOR FOG WED NIGHT AS REGION IN A LOW LEVEL COL AREA. WILL MENTION AREAS OF FOG FOR NOW. NOT HIGHLY CONFIDENT THAT DENSE FOG WILL BE WIDESPREAD. FORECAST THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT WILL BE DRY AND WARM AS L/W TROUGH LIFTS NORTH...ALLOWING UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS TO BUILD ENE TOWARD CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES WITH PARTIAL SUN SUPPORT MAX TEMPS UPPER 80S/AROUND 90 THU AND FRI. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED WILL FEATURE AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE AND ATTENDANT SURFACE RIDGE OVER CENTRAL NC. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANY CONVECTION THAT OCCURS WILL BE LATE SUNDAY AND EVEN THAT WILL ONLY BE ISOLATED COVERAGE AT BEST. KEPT MAX TEMPS JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BUT POTENTIAL TO BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER ESPECIALLY IF UPPER HIGH CLOSER TO OUR VICINITY (PER ECMWF). FOR MON/TUE...GFS RATHER AGGRESSIVE MOVING TAIL END OF S/W IN WESTERLIES INTO AREA MON WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY SLIDING THROUGH MON AFTERNOON/MON NIGHT AND MAINLY SOUTH OF AREA TUE. SINCE GFS HAS A TENDENCY TO BREAK DOWN MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TOO QUICKLY...WILL LEAN TOWARD A SLOWER SOLUTION COMPARABLE TO THE ECMWF. THE ECMWF MAINTAINS PRESENCE OF MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THIS SUGGEST KEEPING POPS NO HIGHER THAN 30% TO COVER POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. RIDGE DOES SHIFT EAST SO WILL LOWER TEMPS TO NEAR CLIMO LEVELS. AVIATION... A COUPLE OF SMALL SCALE PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW ALOFT FROM THE WEST AND A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE SURFACE ACROSS CENTRAL NC WILL ENHANCE SCATTERED DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. GIVEN THE DEEPLY MOIST CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WE SHOULD SEE MULTI-TIERED AND VARYING DEGREES OF CLOUDINESS WITH SLOW-MOVING SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS 2-4 THSD FT AND OCCASIONAL VSBY 3-5 MI. AFTER MIDNIGHT... WIDESPREAD STRATUS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH IFR OR LIFR && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS& SHORT TERM...BADGETT CLIMATE...BADGETT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 900 AM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-230930- 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- 900 AM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE THE AIRMASS IS VERY MOIST AND THE WINDS ALOFT ARE FAIRLY LIGHT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH MAY LEAD TO A FEW PROPERTY FIRES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IT APPEARS THAT THE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SINCE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE LOW THIS AFTERNOON...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON NOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ADVERSE WEATHER THAT OCCURS AT THEIR LOCATION SUCH AS HAIL...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS ...OR RAINFALL THAT EXCEEDS ONE INCH IN AN HOUR OR LESS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 755 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 NCZ077-230100- HARNETT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LILLINGTON 755 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER HARNETT COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH... WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM SEMINOLE AND PINEVIEW EAST THROUGH LILLINGTON AND TIMBERLAKE. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 421 AND HIGHWAY 210. VERY FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. BLINDING RAINS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... AND MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 853 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 NCZ077-086-088-089-230200- HARNETT-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LILLINGTON...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON 853 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HOKE... HARNETT... CUMBERLAND... AND SAMPSON COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH 10 PM. SOME LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... TIMBERLAKE... FORT BRAGG... FAYETTEVILLE... AND STEDMAN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR... DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ... AND GUSTY WIND TO 30 MPH. BSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1006 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 NCZ086-088-230315- HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE 1006 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFFECT HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM. SOME LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAYETTEVILLE... HOPE MILLS... ROCKFISH... AND RAEFORD. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR... DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ... AND GUSTY WINDS TO 25 MPH. MOTORIST TRAVELING ON I-95 AND US HIGHWAY 401 SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. BSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1133 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 NCZ086-088-230500- HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE 1133 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 1130 PM EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST HOKE COUNTY EAST THROUGH RAEFORD AND ACROSS FAYETTEVILLE IN CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND AFFECT HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 AND LOCALLY 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF HOKE AND WEST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... FROM RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE SANDHILLS AND AROUND FAYETTEVILLE SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. BADGETT
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intersection of Cliffdale and Riley Roads in west Fayettevile under water. Water up to entrances of some homes but no structures flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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