Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 19, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
708 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL ZONE WILL LINGER OVER OUR REGION TODAY THEN LIFT NORTH AS
A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY
FRIDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 7 AM...ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TS MOVING
INTO THE NC MTNS EARLY THIS MORNING...A LOW END SEVERE THREAT
EXISTS...MAINLY ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN MTNS (SEE LATEST SVRGSP).
HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT
MOVED INTO THE COOL SECTOR AIR BANKED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE BLUE RIDGE. OTHERWISE...WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND STABLE AIR
IN THE NC FOOTHILLS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR CONVECTION TO MAKE
MUCH PROGRESS EAST OF THE MTNS...SO WILL LIMIT POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE
OUTSIDE THE HIGH TERRAIN.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS WELL-DEFINED WARM FRONT FROM KGVL...
TO KAND...TO NEAR KUZA. NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD ELEVATED CONVECTION
CONTINUES NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...WITH THE MOST ROBUST CONVECTION
MOVING ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA ATTM. ANOTHER AREA OF
WEAKENING CONVECTION AND AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN IS FOLLOWING
CLOSELY ON ITS HEELS...SO CAT POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE NC
PIEDMONT THROUGH ABOUT SUNRISE...WHEN POPS WILL QUICKLY DROP OFF TO
SLIGHT CHANCE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AS THE PRIMARY BAND
OF LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. THE ONLY
EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE WILL BE ACROSS THE NC MTNS...WHERE STOUT
WESTERLY FLOW IS RESULTING IN SUFFICIENT MECHANICAL LIFT TO PRODUCE
SCT/NUM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TS. IN ADDITION...COLD FRONT MOVING
ACROSS THE TENN/OHIO VALLEY REGION IS SUPPORTING A FAIRLY ORGANIZED
LINE OF CONVECTION FROM NORTHERN MIDDLE TENN INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY.
THESE FACTORS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT MAINTENANCE OF LIKELY
POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING.

WITH THE WARM SECTOR SETTING UP OVER THE ENTIRE AREA LATER THIS
MORNING...TEMPS SHOULD WARM INTO THE 70S UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
MEANWHILE...STRONG SW FLOW SHOULD SUPPORT DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH LAPSE RATES ARE
PROGGED TO BE QUITE WEAK...THE WARM/MOIST AIR SHOULD SUPPORT
POSITIVE SBCAPE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. AS THE FRONTAL ZONE CROSSES
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY EXIST
TO SUPPORT ISLD CONVECTION ACROSS THE PIEDMONT/FHILLS.

DRY AIR ADVECTION WILL SPELL A BRIEF END TO PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS
THE AREA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL QUICKLY
RETURN TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT...AS A POTENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH
EJECTS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THUS...THE FRONT WILL PAY US YET
ANOTHER VISIT AS A WARM FRONT...SUPPORTING INCREASING LOW CLOUDS.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS ELEVATED INSTABILITY DEPICTED IN THE GUIDANCE LATE
TONIGHT...IT IS NOT AS ROBUST AS IT THIS MORNING...SO WE WILL NOT
FORECAST AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF THIS MORNING/S CONVECTION...BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME TS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN EARLY
THURSDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH REGARDS TO THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WHICH INITIALIZES MID MORNING
THURSDAY.  POPS WILL REMAIN AT CHANCE LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA AS INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW YIELDS
CONTINUED UPSLOPE INDUCED CONVECTION ALONG THE HIGH TERRAIN.
MEANWHILE...UPPER TROF DIGGING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
DEEPEN/PIVOT WHILE EJECTING TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.  SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS WILL ALSO BE UNDERWAY WITH A POTENT
SURFACE WAVE DEEPENING AND EJECTING NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT STRETCHING ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.  WARM ADVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL
ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEST WARM SECTOR AIRMASS WITH DEWPOINTS
REACHING INTO THE MID-UPPER 50S BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING.  BY THAT
TIME THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU BEFORE EVENTUALLY MOVING INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN
NC...NORTHEAST GA...AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE BY APPROXIMATELY 09-12Z
FRIDAY MORNING.

OVERALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FROPA HAVE NOT CHANGED FROM
PREVIOUS FORECAST.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF QPF REMAINS IN THE FORECAST
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST NC...NORTHEAST GA...AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE AS EARLIER UPSLOPE FLOW CONVECTION COMBINES WITH
FRONTAL CONVECTION.  FORECAST PW VALUES REMAIN AROUND 200 PERCENT OF
NORMAL FOR THESE ZONES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING THUS WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  STRONG LLJ
REMAINS ANOTHER CONCERN ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FROPA ON FRIDAY
MORNING WITH THE HIGHER PEAKS REACHING NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA
GRADIENT WIND GUSTS.  POPS RAMP UP TO CATEGORICAL LEVELS AS THE
FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS ON
FRIDAY.   AS FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL...INSTABILITY REMAINS A LIMITING
FACTOR...DESPITE AMPLE SHEAR.  HOWEVER AS WITH PREVIOUS
FORECAST...ANY WINDS THAT ARE ABLE TO MIX DOWN FROM THE POTENT 60KT
LLJ WILL LIKELY YIELD SEVERE GUSTS AT THE SURFACE THUS A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION
TO THE EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON GIVING WAY TO BUILDING HIGH
PRESSURE FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE AT LEAST 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD
OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL
LEVELS BEHIND THE FRONT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1230 AM WEDNESDAY...A RATHER DRY FCST IS IN STORE OVER THE
MAJORITY OF THE EXT RANGE. A WEAKENING SRN STREAM HIGH WILL GIVE WAY
TO A QUICK MOVING AND MOISTURE DEFICIENT CLIPPER FRONT SAT
NIGHT...BEFORE A BROAD AND STRONGER AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN A DOMINATES THE WEATHER SUN THROUGH MON. CLOUD COVER WILL
BE LIMITED TO SCT/BKN CI ALIGNED WITH THE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE
OF A VERY BROAD H5 TROF. MEANWHILE...SFC LAYERED WINDS WILL BE
WEAKLY WARM ADVECTIVE...ALLOWING MAX TEMPS TO REACH A CAT OR SO ABOVE
NORMAL EACH DAY. THE ULVL PATTERN DEVELOPS A LOW AMP RIDGE ACROSS
THE MIDWEST MON AND REINFORCES THE SFC HIGH SOUTHEAST INTO THE
FA...SHIFTING THE MEAN SFC FLOW NW/LY WITH A BIT OF A CP AIRMASS
MIX. THIS WILL DROP MAX TEMPS TO RIGHT AROUND NORMAL WITH STILL A
GOOD AMOUNT OF INSOLATION. THE MODELS DIVERGE SIGFTNLY MON NIGHT
THROUGH WED WITH THE 12Z ECMWF DISPLAYING AN OUTLYING SOLN WRT THE
AMOUNT OF PV INTRUSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT AMPLIFICATION OF A MLVL
S/W. THIS MODEL GOES ON TO PROMOTE FAIRLY STRONG COASTAL
CYCLOGENESIS AND BRINGS IN LOW PARTIAL THICKNESSES. THIS SCENARIO IS
NOT GIVEN MUCH IF ANY WEIGHT ATTM AND WILL SIDE WITH THE MORE
CONSERVATIVE GFS/CMC GUIDANCE...WHICH FEATURES A BROADER H5 PATTERN
AND RELATIVELY WARMER PARTIALS...YET STILL DEVELOPS A BROAD COASTAL
LOW BY 12Z TUE. THIS IDEA GIVES THE NC MTNS CHANCE -SNSH AND -RA/SN
ACROSS THE FHILLS MON NIGHT....THEN LESS WINTRY COVERAGE ACROSS THE
MTNS/FHILLS TUE NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...MVFR CIGS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND STILL
THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT A PERIOD OF IFR CIGS WILL BE SEEN
AS WELL...AS IS INCLUDED IN A TEMPO THROUGH 15Z. MVFR VISBY WILL
ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING. CONVECTION OVER THE
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT OUTSIDE OF
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER..ISLD CONVECTION MAY FIRE ALONG A COLD
FRONT AS IT CROSSES THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...FLT
CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AROUND LATE MORNING...WITH VFR
CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. S/SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE
IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS IN THE LOW 20S
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE RETURNS YET AGAIN LATE TONIGHT...
WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF FLT RESTRICTIONS PROBABLE.

ELSEWHERE...SHRA/TS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEAR KAVL THROUGH LATE
MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT OUTSIDE OF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER..ISLD CONVECTION MAY FIRE ALONG A COLD FRONT
AS IT CROSSES THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...MVFR CONDITIONS
SHOULD CONTINUE  THROUGH LATE MORNING OR SO...WITH OCCL IFR ALSO
POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY AT KHKY...AND AT KAVL WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS.
FLT CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AROUND LATE MORNING...WITH
VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. S/SW WINDS WILL
CONTINUE IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE ACROSS THE UPSTATE THROUGH THE
DAY...WITH GUSTS IN THE LOW 20S POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. S/SW WINDS
SHOULD BE LIGHTER AT KHKY...WHILE TERRAIN WILL BLOCK THE W/SW AT
KAVL...UNTIL THE FLOW VEERS UP-VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOISTURE
RETURNS YET AGAIN LATE TONIGHT... WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF FLT
RESTRICTIONS PROBABLE.

OUTLOOK...FLT RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
EARLY THU. COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THU
NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY...BRINGING A BAND OF SHOWERS/POSSIBLE TS BEFORE
INTRODUCING DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN
FRI NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            12-18Z        18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z
KCLT       HIGH  88%     HIGH  98%     HIGH 100%     MED   66%
KGSP       HIGH  93%     HIGH  97%     HIGH 100%     MED   76%
KAVL       HIGH  84%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  95%     MED   78%
KHKY       HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  86%
KGMU       HIGH  96%     HIGH  96%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  85%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  83%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

GAZ018-026-028-NCZ033-035-049-050-053-064-065-501>510-SCZ001>005-
201045-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
536 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THROUGH LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A
FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT EARLY ON FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING GUSTY WINDS.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-201045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-
536 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THROUGH LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

..THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION LATE ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING PRODUCING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
..FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. MAINLY IN THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-201045-
ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
536 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THROUGH LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.  A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

CDG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

NCZ071-072-190830-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-
248 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM EST...

AT 242 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR I-85 AT FREEDOM DRIVE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  I-77 AT I-85...
  THE PLAZA...
  HIDDEN VALLEY...
  UNC CHARLOTTE...
  HARRISBURG...
  I-85 AT HIGHWAY 73...

FREQUENT LIGHT AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3527 8044 3513 8095 3526 8101 3531 8100
      3550 8048 3551 8036 3544 8033

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