A lightning fatality occurred during a round of early morning sub severe storms. A woman was out walking her 2 dogs when lightning struck her and her dogs just outside her home.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A lightning fatality occurred during a round of early morning sub severe storms. A woman was out walking her 2 dogs when lightning struck her and her dogs just outside her home. The dogs died instantly, while she passed away several days later.
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 Apr 9, 2:51 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 351 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 .SYNOPSIS...A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TODAY... AND THEN RETREAT BACK NORTHWARD BY EARLY TONIGHT. BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY WILL BRING INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS... AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 255 AM THURSDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE WRN AND SRN CWA... ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT/MERGED OUTFLOW (FROM LAST EVENING'S SUPERCELL) CURRENTLY SPRAWLED NW TO SE THROUGH CENTRAL NC. THIS CONVECTION IS TRAVELING WITH THE (WEAK) MEAN FLOW TOWARD THE ENE INTO THE MORE STABLE SURFACE-BASED AIR... WHICH SHOULD LIMIT ITS ABILITY TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. BUT ELEVATED INSTABILITY PERSISTS WITH 500-1000 J/KG MUCAPE AND OBSERVED MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OVER 7 C/KM... AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR HOLDS AT 30-40 KTS ALONG THE CAPE GRADIENT WITH OBSERVED HIGH MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN THE LOW LEVELS AND PW OVER 150% OF NORMAL. THESE FACTORS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED PULSING SHOWERS/STORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WRN AND SRN CWA... ALONG AND SW OF THE FRONT/OUTFLOW... WITH LESSER COVERAGE TO THE NORTH AND EAST WHERE INSTABILITY IS MORE ELEVATED. HOWEVER... WE WILL NEED TO WATCH THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW OVER WRN VA TO ENSURE THAT ITS COLD POOL AND MID LEVEL MCV DOES NOT PROPAGATE TOO FAR SE TOWARD OUR NE CWA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... AS WAS INDICATED BY EARLIER HRRR RUNS AND HINTED AT BY THE LATEST NAM. AFTER THIS MCV SHIFTS EASTWARD OFF THE VA COAST AS IT IS EXPECTED TO DO BY MID MORNING... LARGE SCALE FALLING HEIGHTS OVER THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS MORNING SHOULD FORCE GRADUAL RISES IN HEIGHTS DOWNSTREAM OVER THE MIDATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST BY LATER TODAY... LEADING TO A SLIGHT DECREASE IN DEEP LAYER SHEAR. BUT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE FRONTAL ZONE... WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OR JUMP BACK NORTHEAST LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING... WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES EXPECTED TO HOLD AT 6.5-7.0 C/KM... MUCAPE UP TO 1500-2500 J/KG (ACCORDING TO THE NAM)... AND WHAT SHOULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT CONVECTION. THE NAM CONCENTRATES THE BETTER CONVECTION COVERAGE ALONG AND JUST SW OF THE FRONT FROM THE TRIAD REGION ACROSS CENTRAL NC THROUGH THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN TODAY... AND THIS LOOKS VERY REASONABLE. WILL HAVE A 40-60% POP MAINLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHER-END POPS ORIENTED IN A BAND NW TO SE FROM AROUND INT TO GSB. A STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORM OR TWO REMAINS POSSIBLE TODAY GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS. WHILE WE DON'T EXPECT A WIDESPREAD SEVERE THREAT TODAY WITH THE RISE IN MID LEVEL HEIGHTS... MODELS DO INDICATE AN UPPER DIVERGENCE MAX LATER TODAY OVER CENTRAL NC... AND THIS PLUS HIGH PW VALUES SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG CELLS AND SLOW-MOVING HEAVY RAINERS. BY TONIGHT... WE SHOULD SEE THE HIGHER COVERAGE TRANSITION INTO THE NW CWA... AS THIS IS WHERE THE SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME MORE SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTION... WHEREAS SOUTHEAST SECTIONS WILL BE MORE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BUILDING RIDGE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WITH WEAKER SHEAR. THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR NOW NOTED IN BLENDED TPW IMAGERY NORTH AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD INTO ERN NC AS WELL... LIKELY LEADING TO LOWER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS SE OF THE TRIANGLE AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT. EXPECT HIGHS OF 80-85 OVER THE SW HALF WITH COOLER MID-UPPER 70S NE OF THE FRONT WHERE LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER THE LONGEST BEFORE STARTING TO THIN AND MIX OUT. WARM LOWS TONIGHT MAINLY IN THE MID 60S AS WE'LL BE FULLY IN THE PREFRONTAL WARM SECTOR. -GIH && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 325 AM THURSDAY... MID LEVEL MULTI-STREAM ENERGY WILL PHASE INTO AN INTENSIFYING MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE NRN GREAT LAKES FRI AND PUSH A COLD FRONT ESE... REACHING THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS BY EARLY FRI AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL THEN PUSH SE THROUGH CENTRAL NC FROM EARLY EVENING THROUGH FRI NIGHT... PROPELLED BY THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL LOW OVER SRN QUEBEC AND BY COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE MID MISS VALLEY. LOW LEVEL SW WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS INTO THE TEENS AND POTENTIAL GUSTS UP TO 25-30 KTS AS INDICATED BY LOW LEVEL MOMENTUM TRANSPORT NOTED ON FORECAST BUFR SOUNDINGS. EXPECT A RELATIVE LULL IN PRECIP FRI MORNING... A FUNCTION OF RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT OVER THE ERN CAROLINAS AND BRIEF WEAK SUBSIDENCE DOWNSTREAM OF INCREASING PREFRONTAL CONVECTION TO OUR WEST FROM OH THROUGH KY/TN TO MS/LA. BUT WILL HAVE POPS RISING TO LIKELY IN THE NW FRI AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES... AND INTO THE EASTERN CWA FRI EVENING BEFORE TRENDING DRY FROM NW TO SE LATE. BASED ON EXPECTED VERY HIGH PW (OVER 200% OF NORMAL)... STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT... AND A RESUMPTION OF STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 110+ KT JET STREAK... POPS MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED UP TO CATEGORICAL LATER TODAY. THICKNESSES AND STATISTICAL GUIDANCE INDICATE HIGHS FROM 80-85 (WARMEST SE). LOWS FROM THE LOW 50S NW TO THE LOW 60S SE WHERE THE FRONT MAY NOT CLEAR UNTIL LATE. -GIH && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 350 AM THURSDAY... SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT: THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH CENTRAL NC AND ALONG THE NC COAST BY 12Z SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT...LINGERING OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND RESULTING IN FAIR WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S SATURDAY NIGHT...INCREASING TO THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: A WEAK RIDGE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE WEST-EAST ORIENTED ON TUESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NC LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN DRY... WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO AND LINGERING OVER THE AREA. IF THE RIDGE HOLDS THE BACKDOOR FRONT AT BAY LONGER THAN THE MODELS ARE PREDICTING THEN MUCH OF TUESDAY COULD REMAIN DRY...HOWEVER GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS WANT TO KEEP LINGERING RAIN IN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... WILL KEEP THAT PART OF THE FORECAST DRY UNTIL THERE IS BETTER AGREEMENT AND HIGHER CONFIDENCE. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN TEH MID 50S. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1230 AM THURSDAY... PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN NEXT 24 HRS: POTENTIAL FOR IFR/LIFR CIGS THROUGH LATE MORNING AT RWI/RDU WITH LESSER CHANCES AT GSO/INT/FAY. A SMALL BUT POTENT STORM COMPLEX THAT MOVED SE OVER NRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC THIS PAST EVENING HELPED DRAW A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SOUTHWESTWARD WELL INTO CENTRAL NC. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE SHIFTING TO BE FROM THE EAST AND NE... AND LOW CLOUDS BASED UNDER 1000 FT AGL ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND SE VA TOWARD THE SOUTH AND SW OVERNIGHT. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN IFR/LIFR CIGS IS AT RWI FOLLOWED BY RDU THEN GSO/INT/FAY. A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK MAINLY OVER THE FAR NORTH AND EAST... FROM GSO TO RDU/RWI/FAY... BUT MOST PLACES WILL REMAIN DRY OVERNIGHT. VSBYS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO MVFR BUT AT THIS TIME DON'T LOOK LIKELY TO DROP DOWN TO IFR. CIGS SHOULD RISE TO MVFR BY LATE MORNING THEN TO VFR BY EARLY AFTERNOON... WITH ANOTHER BATCH OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ORIENTED NW TO SE OVER CENTRAL NC DEVELOPING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. UNCERTAINTY REGARDING PRECISELY WHERE THESE STORMS MIGHT FORM AND WHEN... AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED COVERAGE... PRECLUDES MENTIONING THEM IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. BUT AVIATORS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS... AND THE VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS AND SUB-VFR DOWNPOURS THAT OFTEN ACCOMPANY THEM... BOTH IN THE PREDAWN HOURS AND THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. PATCHY FOG AND AREAS OF IFR/LIFR STRATUS ARE LIKELY TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF VALID PERIOD PARTICULARLY IN THOSE LOCATIONS THAT SEE PRECIPITATION TODAY. LOOKING BEYOND 06Z EARLY FRI MORNING: SUB-VFR STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK FRI... BEFORE MIXING UP TO VFR BY MID MORNING. A BREEZE FROM THE SW AT 10-20 KT RAMPING UP TOWARD MIDDAY FRI MAY GUST UP TO AROUND 25 KTS FRI AFTERNOON. THIS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SE THROUGH CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 00Z AND 09Z SAT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH SUB-VFR CONDITIONS IS LIKELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM MID AFTERNOON FRI THROUGH FRI NIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM SAT MORNING THROUGH MON... AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MIDATLANTIC REGION OVER THE WEEKEND THEN SHIFTS OFFSHORE BY MON. -GIH && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD NEAR TERM...HARTFIELD SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD LONG TERM...RAH AVIATION...HARTFIELD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1203 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-091000- 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- 1203 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM HAIL AND A SECONDARY THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 229 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 NCZ022-090730- GUILFORD NC- 229 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF GUILFORD COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM EDT... AT 228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGH POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...KERNERSVILLE...MCLEANSVILLE... GIBSONVILLE...STOKESDALE...LAKE TOWNSEND...AND CLIMAX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3624 7953 3590 7954 3592 8005 3626 8004 TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 238DEG 20KT 3600 8000 10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
308 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
NCZ083-084-090800-
RICHMOND NC-ANSON NC-
308 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF RICHMOND AND ANSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
AT 306 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CHESTERFIELD...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WADESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THREATS
INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKINGHAM...WADESBORO...HAMLET...ANSONVILLE...HOFFMAN...POLKTON...
ELLERBE...LILESVILLE...PEACHLAND...AND BLEWETT FALLS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR
WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN
AND WIND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8028 3521 8026 3516 8022 3517 8020
3515 8018 3519 8012 3514 8007 3514 8003
3518 7985 3517 7962 3512 7957 3507 7957
3504 7946 3499 7957 3494 7959 3491 7956
3485 7963 3482 7962 3480 7970 3482 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 263DEG 25KT 3485 8014
10SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
338 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
NCZ007-022>024-039-040-090830-
GUILFORD NC-RANDOLPH NC-PERSON NC-ORANGE NC-CHATHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-
338 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
AT 336 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TRIAD REGION... EXTENDING FROM
NEAR WENTWORTH TO NEAR SILER CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBORO... CHAPEL HILL...
BURLINGTON... ROXBORO...HILLSBOROUGH... PITTSBORO...SILER
CITY...CARRBORO...MEBANE... ELON COLLEGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
STAY INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND
WIND.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 7880 3624 7897 3564 7904 3568 8006
3625 7996 3624 7916 3654 7914 3654 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 222DEG 21KT 3636 7980 3575 7937
GIHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
422 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
NCZ042-075>077-084>086-088-089-090915-
RICHMOND NC-CUMBERLAND NC-MOORE NC-SAMPSON NC-HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-
JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-HARNETT NC-
422 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
AT 421 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SANDHILLS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7
MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...SANFORD...LAURINBURG...SOUTHERN PINES...SMITHFIELD...
CLINTON...RAEFORD...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...PINEHURST...DUNN...
HAMLET...ABERDEEN...ANGIER...BENSON...MAXTON...HOFFMAN...GODWIN...
POPE AFB AND JEROME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
STAY INDOORS IN A SAFE SHELTER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR
WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN
AND WIND.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7977 3549 7930 3557 7820
3532 7827 3527 7828 3477 7842 3485 7850
3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7903 3483 7919
3484 7935 3477 7933 3466 7943 3466 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 256DEG 26KT 3537 7920
GIHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
445 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
NCZ007>010-023>026-040-041-090945-
WAKE NC-VANCE NC-WARREN NC-GRANVILLE NC-PERSON NC-ORANGE NC-
CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-FRANKLIN NC-
445 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015
AT 443 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE TRIAD AREA INTO THE
TRIANGLE AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR GRAHAM... WITH OTHER STRONG STORMS OVER SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY
JUST WEST OF CHAPEL HILL. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25
MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS BETWEEN 445 AM AND 600 AM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...BURLINGTON...HENDERSON...
GRAHAM...OXFORD...ROXBORO...HILLSBOROUGH...CREEDMOOR...PITTSBORO...
LOUISBURG...WARRENTON...SILER CITY...WAKE FOREST...GARNER...
CARRBORO...MEBANE AND BUTNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR
WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN
AND WIND.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3567 7852 3564 7953 3601 7951 3625 7937
3624 7915 3654 7914 3654 7792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 266DEG 23KT 3599 7938
GIHThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A woman was out walking her 2 dogs when lightning struck her and her dogs just outside her home. The dogs died instantly, while she passed away several days later.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Harnett | 2015-04-09 | 56 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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