A cluster of sub-severe showers and thunderstorms moved through the area during the overnight hours. Lightning associated with the storms struck a house, resulting in minor damage.
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A cluster of sub-severe showers and thunderstorms moved through the area during the overnight hours. Lightning associated with the storms struck a house, resulting in minor damage.
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 Feb 19, 3:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 330 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CAROLINAS ON FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 315 AM WEDNESDAY... A MINOR S/W ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NEWD ACROSS THE CAROLINAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS FEATURE HAS PRODUCED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE STORMS OCCURRING ON THE NOSE OF 45KTS 850MB JET. STORMS BENG SUSTAINED BY STRONG MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ON THE ORDER OF 7-7.5 DEG C/KM. THUS EXPECT THREAT OF A FEW STORMS TO EXTEND ACROSS THE ENTIRE PIEDMONT AND INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN. BEST LIFT WILL OCCUR THROUGH 14Z THEN QUICKLY DECREASE AS MID LEVEL S/W LIFTS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. WHILE KINEMATICS IMPRESSIVE (0-1KM SR HELICITY 250 M2/S2) LACK OF ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY SHOULD AID TO KEEP STORMS IN CHECK. MAY SEE A WIND GUSTS 35-40 MPH WITH THE STRONGER CELLS. AFTER PRECIP SHIELD LIFTS NE OUT OF OUR REGION LATER THIS MORNING...EXPECT ENOUGH PARTIAL CLEARING TO RESULT IN PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. IN ADDITION...EXPECT STOUT SW SFC WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 12-16MPH AND GUSTS 27-32 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PUSH TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON WELL INTO THE 60S WITH LOWER 70S A HIGH PROBABILITY OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. A SFC COLD FRONT WILL DROP SEWD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS. TONIGHT...EXPECT VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SCOOTS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. MIN TEMPS IN THE 40S. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM WEDNESDAY... THURSDAY...A WARM FRONT WILL START THE DAY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF OUR REGION THEN LIFT SLOWLY NWD THROUGH THE DAY. INCREASING SLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY. POTENTIAL TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE WEST...THURSDAY MORNING. AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NWD...EXPECT CEILINGS TO LIFT AND SLOWLY EVOLVE INTO A BROKEN STRATOCU DECK. THIS SFC WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN A VARIED TEMP FIELD BY THE AFTERNOON. AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT...NAMELY THE NW AND FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WILL GRADUALLY RISE INTO THE 60S. MEANWHILE LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SOAR INTO THE 70S. THE TRIANGLE AREA WILL LIKELY SEE QUITE A BIT OF VARIANCE WITH THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS IN THE LOWER 70S BY EARLY-MID AFTERNOON...AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS REMAINING IN THE LOWER-MID 60S UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY WHEN TEMPS SHOULD RECOVER CLOSE TO 70. APPEARS THAT ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THE DAY WILL BE ISOLATED. THURSDAY NIGHT...A STRONG S/W AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT WILL PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE TN AND OH VALLEY. THIS FEATURE WILL MAINTAIN A WARM MOIST AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL NC. VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A STEADY SLY SFC WINDS WILL RESULT IN MILD OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS. SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOWER COVERAGE TOWARD DAYBREAK ALONG THE YADKIN-PEE DEE RIVER. MIN TEMPS IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 258 AM WEDNESDAY... GOOD AGREEMENT CONTINUES ON FRONTAL TIMING FOR FRIDAY... WITH THE COLD FRONT ENTERING THE TRIAD AROUND 12Z... THE COASTAL PLAIN AROUND 18Z... AND EXITING THE CAROLINA COAST AROUND 00Z. THIS TIMING WOULD STILL FAVOR BEST... THOUGH STILL QUITE LIMITED... INSTABILITY IN THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG STORM OR TWO WITH DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS REMAINS GIVEN A LLJ OF 40-50 KTS AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW. ONE CAVEAT WITH THIS SCENARIO IS THAT THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT EARLY FRIDAY... WHICH COULD SLOW ITS PROGRESS IN TO THE REGION BY A FEW HOURS. MILD HIGHS IN THE LOW 60S TO LOW 70S NW TO SE. EAST COAST TROUGHING LOOKS TO REESTABLISH ITSELF FROM THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY MONDAY... BRINGING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY... WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW 50S. BOTH GLOBAL MODELS SHOWING A SHORTWAVE DROPPING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY... BRINGING A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. WILL INDICATE SLIGHT CHANCE PRECIP FOR NOW. && .AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 100 AM WEDNESDAY... THE APPROACH OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CAUSE AVIATION CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE THROUGH 12Z ACROSS CENTRAL NC. EXPECT WIDESPREAD IFR/LOW END MVFR CEILINGS ALONG WITH AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER OR TWO TO ENVELOPE CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 08Z-12Z. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT OFF TO THE NE AROUND MID-MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT THROUGH THE MVFR CATEGORY THEN INTO THE LOW END VFR CATEGORY BY 18Z-20Z. SOUTHWEST SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER DAYBREAK WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 12-16KTS AND FREQUENT GUSTS 24-28KTS. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED MOST TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF MVFR CEILINGS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS WIL OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS SLY FLOW ADVECTS A MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NC FRIDAY...PASSING THROUGH THE PIEDMONT TERMINALS IN THE MORNING...AND KRWI AND KFAY AROUND MID DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WSS NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM..WSS LONG TERM...SEC AVIATION...WSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 413 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-201030- GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT- WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 413 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A THREAT FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ007-021>023-038-039-201030- PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- 413 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 407 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 NCZ039-040-074>076-190945- MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-LEE-CHATHAM-MOORE- 407 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH...NORTHERN LEE...CHATHAM AND NORTHWESTERN MOORE UNTIL 445 AM EST... AT 405 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BISCOE...OR NEAR TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SANFORD...PITTSBORO...TROY...BISCOE...GOLDSTON...ROBBINS...STAR... CANDOR...HIGHFALLS AND BYNUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3522 7984 3539 7995 3582 7915 3558 7899 TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 240DEG 49KT 3536 7981 WSS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
447 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014
NCZ075>077-088-191045-
LEE-HARNETT-MOORE-CUMBERLAND-
447 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
SOUTHERN LEE...HARNETT...MOORE AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND UNTIL 545 AM
EST...
AT 446 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANFORD...SOUTHERN PINES...LILLINGTON...CARTHAGE...PINEHURST...
DUNN...GODWIN...BUIES CREEK...ERWIN AND WHISPERING PINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS RIPE FOR
HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 7949 3549 7865 3548 7865 3522 7862
3521 7948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 265DEG 32KT 3531 7940
WSSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
451 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014
NCZ078-088-089-191045-
WAYNE-SAMPSON-CUMBERLAND-
451 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...NORTHERN SAMPSON AND EASTERN CUMBERLAND UNTIL
545 AM EST...
AT 449 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF BONNETSVILLE...OR 15 MILES WEST
OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON...MOUNT OLIVE...WALNUT CREEK...VANN CROSSROADS...
BONNETSVILLE...KEENER...ROSEBORO...STEDMAN...SALEMBURG AND TURKEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO EXTENSIVE PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS
RIPE FOR HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3509 7871 3530 7784 3526 7783 3518 7783
3515 7790 3517 7792 3517 7797 3519 7802
3518 7807 3519 7816 3509 7817 3505 7816
3498 7815 3490 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 256DEG 34KT 3502 7860
WSSThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Officials said lightning struck the side of the home by the garage and traveled down the rain gutter, and into the sprinkler system in the yard. Fire crews were able to quickly put out the blaze, which mainly damaged part of the garage.
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