|Isolated flooding was reported in Scotland County where 3 to 5 inches of rainfall fell during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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Isolated storms developed in a very moist airmass and in the vicinity of a|weak surface trough located across southern portions of North Carolina.|Isolated flooding was reported in Scotland County where 3 to 5 inches of rainfall fell during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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 Jul 10, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 325 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS OVER THE REGION...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND MOVE SOUTH OF REGION LATE FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 255 PM THURSDAY... THROUGH TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA INTO TONIGHT... AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL SIT NEAR 150% OF NORMAL. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A FEW STRONG CELLS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ALTHOUGH SOME MITIGATING FACTORS EXIST INCLUDING THE WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR (JUST 10-15 KTS)... HIGH FREEZING LEVELS (NEAR 14000 FT)... AND THE WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES (AROUND 5.0-5.5 C/KM). BUT WE ARE SEEING MODERATE DESTABILIZATION AFTER QUITE A BIT OF HEATING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... WITH SBCAPES UP TO 1500-2500 J/KG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA. IN ADDITION TO THE POSITIVE BUOYANCY... BROAD SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT BY THE INCOMING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH... NOW PUSHING THROUGH WRN VA/ERN TN. THE MODELS SEEM TO BE HAVING TROUBLE WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK WITH THIS FEATURE... WHICH IN TURN APPARENTLY ALLOWS TOO MUCH NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION IN ITS WAKE AND SEEMS TO ALLOW EXCESSIVE COOL/STABLE AIR TO SPILL INTO THE NW PIEDMONT LATE TODAY AND BEYOND. BUT THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH... SUPPORTED BY UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A JETLET OVER NRN WV AROUND MIDDAY... SHOULD STILL HELP FORCE ENOUGH LIFT TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS MAINLY ALONG/SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64... STARTING IN THE WESTERN CWA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND SPREADING OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING... WITH A SLOW EXIT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE TROUGH DROPS INTO THE SANDHILLS/SRN COASTAL PLAIN. WILL HAVE POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS WHERE THE 12Z NAM... WHICH INITIALIZED THE CURRENT PRECIP FAIRLY WELL... DEPICTS A RELATIVE MINIMUM DUE TO LESSER INSTABILITY AND THE DRYING EFFECTS OF THE DEEP DOWNSLOPE FLOW WHICH EXTENDS FROM 925 MB TO 700 MB. AFTER LATE DAY HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S NW TO LOWER 90S SOUTH... EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT FROM 66 NORTHWEST TO 72 SOUTHEAST. FOR FRIDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH SHOULD BE LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT IN THE MORNING... THEN SHOULD SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AS MID LEVEL STEERING FLOW VEERS IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEAST. THE MODELS AGREE ON A SURFACE LOW CLOSING OFF ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH... MOST LIKELY SOMEWHERE OVER THE SANDHILLS OR CENTRAL/SRN COASTAL PLAIN... BUT THE MODELS DO NOT AGREE WELL ON THE PLACEMENT OF PRECIP ON FRIDAY. THE NAM CONCENTRATES LOW LEVEL MASS CONVERGENCE AND RESULTANT CONVECTION THROUGH CENTRAL NC... WRAPPING THE BEST PRECIPITABLE WATER (2.3 IN.) THROUGH THE RALEIGH CWA... WHEREAS THE GFS KEEPS 2.4 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER CLOSER TO THE COAST... LIKELY DUE IN PART TO THE AFOREMENTIONED APPARENT CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AND THE STABILIZATION AND DRYING IT ITS WAKE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL SOLUTION WHICH IS RIGHT... ALTHOUGH THE NAMS MORE WESTWARD-SHIFTED PRECIP LOOKS TOO OVERDONE CONSIDERING LOWER (MID 60S) SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE WORKING DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT. HAVE OPTED TO KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND SOUTHERN CWA FOR FRIDAY... WITH MUCH LESSER CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST. WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 80S... ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS THAT SEE SOME SUN IN THE SOUTHWEST MAY APPROACH 90. -GIH && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY... STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FCST ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SAT AS THE PLACEMENT OF SFC BOUNDARY WILL DICTATE WHERE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY NEEDED FOR CONVECTION WILL BE LOCATED. THE SFC BOUNDARY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CWA BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR FILTERING INTO CENTRAL NC. WILL GO WITH CHC POPS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NC FRI EVE AND SLIGHT CHC ELSEWHERE AND A DRY FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT TO SEE SOME IMPROVING SKY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...ESP ACROSS THE NORTH WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT SHOULD FEATURE MAINLY FAIR WEATHER AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION AS THE UPPER TROF PUSHES OFFSHORE. WHILE THE ATMOS DRYS OUT SOME PW VALUES ARE STILL OVER AN INCH WITH A NE LOW LEVEL FLOW. SO SHOULD SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS BUT WITH SUPPORT FOR PRECIPITATION. SO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED. DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD RANGE IN THE UPPER 80S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY... THE WESTERLIES ACROSS THE US/CANADIAN BORDER APPROACH ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A DEEPENING TROF DEVELOPS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE TROF IS FAIRLY ROBUST FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT MOST OF THE ENERGY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION. LOW LEVEL FLOW AT 850 CONTAINS A NOTABLE WESTERLY COMPONENT SO DEEP MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE CAROLINAS IS LACKING. SFC FRONT SWINGS THROUGH SUN NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS WITH MU CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 AND MODEST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SUGGEST SOME DECENT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE. BULK SHEAR VALUES RANGE AROUND 20 TO 25 KTS WITH MORE IMPRESSIVE SHEAR EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF THE AREA IN VA SO THREAT OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL NC IS MODEST. WILL INCLUDE A 30 TO 40 POP ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS SFC BOUNDARY APPROACHES. H8 TROF PERSISTS IN THE AREA THROUGH TUES SO WILL INCLUDE LOW CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS THE CWA. LINGERING POPS WILL BE KEPT IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOCATIONS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WEAK TROFINESS PERSISTS AT MID LEVELS TON WED WITH WEAK RIDGING EVENTUALLY BUILDING IN ON THURS. NW FLOW PATTERN SHOULD KEEP PRECIP CHANCES LOW BUT ISOLATED AFTN/EVE CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ON WED AND THU. WILL KEEP POP JUST BELOW SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NOW. AFTN TEMPS SHOULD RANGE AROUND 90 DEGREES WITH LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 255 PM THURSDAY... VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD HOLD INTO LATE AFTERNOON. STORMS PRODUCING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE SOUTH OF INT/GSO FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... THEN SHOULD SPREAD TO FAY AND FINALLY TO RWI AFTER NIGHTFALL. EXPECT VFR AT INT/GSO THROUGH THE NIGHT AS DRIER AIR SHOULD KEEP STORMS OUT OF THEIR VICINITY. FAY/RWI SHOULD DROP TO MVFR/IFR CIGS AND VSBYS OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY WITHIN CONVECTION. CONFIDENCE IS LOWER AT RDU AS THEY WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF CONVECTION... ALTHOUGH IF STORMS GET CLOSE... MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE. AS A SURFACE TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST TO THE RWI/FAY AREAS FRIDAY MORNING... THESE AREAS WILL SEE LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS AND A LINGERING GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. LIGHT NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT INT/GSO/RDU. LOOKING BEYOND FRIDAY AFTERNOON... VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND... ALTHOUGH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS/STORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BLAES NEAR TERM...HARTFIELD SHORT TERM...BLAES LONG TERM...BLAES AVIATION...HARTFIELD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 439 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-110845- 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- 439 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL PLAIN...BETWEEN 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN URBAN AREAS AND IN ANY LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY IN THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN... DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF A WEAK FRONT EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE AREA. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY TUNED AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER. VINCENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 532 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 NCZ083-102230- ANSON- 532 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 532 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEACHLAND TO 15 MILES WEST OF WHITE STORE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF MONROE TO MONROE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WHITE STORE AROUND 540 PM EDT...MORVEN AROUND 600 PM EDT...MCFARLAN AROUND 605 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. MWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 627 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 NCZ083-084-102330- ANSON-RICHMOND- 627 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHMOND AND ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 627 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF LILESVILLE TO MORVEN TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORVEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WADESBORO TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WADESBORO TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WADESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE MORVEN... MCFARLAN... DIGGS... AND EAST ROCKINGHAM. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 704 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 NCZ085-102345- SCOTLAND- 704 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SCOTLAND COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 704 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAUREL HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF LAURINBURG... MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAURINBURG...EAST LAURINBURG...AND...WAGRAM. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO SAFETY. INSTEAD...MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. BSD
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a few roads flooded in the area between Sneads Grove and Laurel Hill. US-Highway 501, Old Wire Road and Marston Road were flooded from rainfall amounts of 4 to 5 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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