Heavy rainfall near Asheboro of nearly 2 inches in one hour resulted in isolated flooding on the southwestern part of town.
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Heavy rainfall near Asheboro of nearly 2 inches in one hour resulted in isolated flooding on the southwestern part of town.
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 5, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .SYNOPSIS... BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND WESTWARD INTO OUR REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM FRIDAY... THE STRONG DEEP LAYER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND INTO THE REGION...REMAINING THE DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE. A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING NORTH FROM A MID/UPPER LEVEL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING ONTO THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA WILL AIDE DAYTIME HEATING TO SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WITH STORMS QUICKLY DIEING OFF AT ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING. DEEP LAYER SHEAR ~ 25KT SHOULD SUPPORT A PULSE MODE OF CONVECTION... WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING BRIEF DOWNPOURS...CG LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS A FEW ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS(ENHANCED BY THE DRIER ALOFT). LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOWER 70S WITH STRATUS IN THE WEST AND AREAS OF FOG IN THE EAST. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM FRIDAY... SATURDAY: THE DOMINATE BLOCKING RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC MEANS VERY LITTLE CHANGE FROM TODAY TO SATURDAY. THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL HAVE LONG FADED/DISSIPATED BY SATURDAY. GIVEN LACK OF ANY APPRECIABLE FORCING...IT LOOKS LIKE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF THE NC FTHLS AND MOUNTAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY MEANS OF LIFT ACROSS THE AREA. AS SUCH...SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE MOSTLY DRY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA AS PWATS FALL TO ~1.2" ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS. WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED POP ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT ONLY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. SATURDAY NIGHT: THE UPPER LOW OVER THE MID MS VALLEY WILL START TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD LATE IN THE DAY...ADVANCING INTO THE OHIO AND TN VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY. PRECIP SHOULD HOLD OFF EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WILL KEEP IT DRY OVERNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 235 PM FRIDAY... FOR SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT: STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE MISS VALLEY. THE GFS/NAM ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT AND THE GFS AGREES WITH ITS PREVIOUS RUN... ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE SLOWER OF THE SOLUTIONS AS COMPARED TO THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN (THE LATTER OF WHICH LOOKS FAR TOO FAST). WITH THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE GFS... A LEAN TOWARD THE SLOWER SOLUTION IS PREFERRED... AND EXPECT THE NOTABLE DYNAMIC FORCING FOR ASCENT TO HOLD WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW PERSISTENT WARM/DRY AND FAIRLY STABLE MID LEVELS THROUGH SUNDAY'S PEAK HEATING ESPECIALLY FROM THE TRIANGLE EAST WITH THE BERMUDA RIDGE HOLDING STRONG... AND SREF PROBABILITIES OF CAPE OVER 1000 J/KG IS UNDER 30 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. EXPECT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS OVER THE WRN CWA (INCLUDING THE TRIAD REGION AND YADKIN RIVER VALLEY)... NEAR THE 850 MB THETA-E RIDGE... FOCUSED ON THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... WHILE THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH RAIN CHANCES UNDER 10 PERCENT. DESPITE THE LOSS OF HEATING... WILL KEEP LOW SHOWER/STORM CHANCES IN THE WRN CWA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE TROUGH EASES EASTWARD RESULTING IN THE ONSET OF DPVA AND SOME MOISTENING ALOFT IN THAT AREA. AFTER THE MORNING STRATUS BURNS OFF... EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES... PUSHING TEMPS TO HIGHS TO 85-91... IN LINE WITH LOW-LEVEL THICKNESSES ABOUT 5-10 M BELOW NORMAL. LOWS 68-72... CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE... WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRATUS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE EASTERN CWA WHERE THERE SHOULD BE FEWER MID/HIGH CLOUDS. FOR MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT: THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD BE TRACKING OVER THEN JUST EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION DURING THIS PERIOD... BRINGING AN INCREASE IN MODEST DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR SHOWERS/STORMS... ALTHOUGH THIS WAVE IS LIKELY TO BE DAMPENING QUICKLY AS IT SLIPS BY TO OUR NORTH. DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 25-35 KTS EARLY MONDAY... ACCOMPANYING A STREAK OF HIGHER PW OF 1.5-2.0 INCHES AND SURFACE CAPE PEAKING AT 1500-2000 J/KG. EXPECT A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS STARTING IN THE MORNING WITH THE BETTER COVERAGE LIKELY TO BE NEAR THE WEAK LEE SURFACE TROUGH RUNNING THROUGH THE PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE POPS TRAILING OFF TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND DEPARTURE OF THE MORE FAVORABLE KINEMATICS. WITH A PASSING LOW LEVEL JETLET AT AROUND 25 KTS ACROSS THE NW CWA... A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. THICKNESSES REMAIN A BIT BELOW NORMAL MONDAY... SUPPORTING HIGHS OF 85-91. LOWS 69-73. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THE CORE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD BE WELL TO OUR NORTHEAST TUESDAY BUT IT WILL LEAVE BEHIND WEAK MID-UPPER TROUGHING THROUGH NC INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SUBTLE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN ONCE AGAIN OVER THE EASTERN STATES INTO LATE WEEK AS THE MID LEVEL ANTICYCLONE HOLDS FIRM OVER THE SOUTHWEST/FOUR CORNERS REGION. MODELS EXHIBIT DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND LONGITUDE OF THIS TROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK WITH THE GFS DIGGING MORE STRONGLY OVER THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY THAN THE ECMWF... WHICH IS WEAKER BUT A BIT FARTHER EAST... OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN EITHER CASE... AND WITH THE INABILITY TO RESOLVE FINE-SCALE DETAILS THIS FAR OUT IN TIME... EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY... TRENDING TOWARD BETTER CHANCES OF CONVECTION THURSDAY/FRIDAY AS WE SEE A MINOR INCREASE IN DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR LIFT WITH THE INCOMING DEEPENING TROUGH. THICKNESSES REBOUND BACK TO NORMAL TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY... AND REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY/FRIDAY... AND TEMPS SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT... WITH HIGHS TRENDING UP TO AROUND 90 TO LOWER 90S WITH LOWS HOLDING AROUND 70 TO THE MID 70S. -GIH && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RESULT IN BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS WHERE THEY OCCUR. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE AT KGSO AND KINT. LIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT BETWEEN 06 TO 12Z IMPROVING TO VFR BY 15Z SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE WEST ON SUNDAY WITH WITH PREDOMINATELY VFR CONDITIONS. OUTLOOK: LATE NIGHT-EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND FOG...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CBL NEAR TERM...CBL SHORT TERM...CBL LONG TERM...HARTFIELD AVIATION...CBL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 333 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-060745- 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- 333 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1247 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
NCZ038-039-073-074-051745-
DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-STANLY-
1247 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS STANLY...RANDOLPH...
MONTGOMERY AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1245 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PLYLER...OR ABOUT OVER ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALBEMARLE...
PLYLER...NEW LONDON...BADIN...RICHFIELD...NEWSOM...AND BADIN LAKE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE
PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 8029 3551 8019 3555 8022 3558 8021
3565 8031 3567 8031 3568 8034 3570 8034
3570 8006 3551 7976 3532 8008 3522 8027
3535 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 224DEG 18KT 3537 8025
10The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Old Farmer Road, Bunting Road and Oakgrove Road were closed due to flash flooding. |The flood waters also flooded a couple of homes in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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