Tropical Storm Ana made landfall along the northeast coast of South Carolina and then tracked northeastward across eastern North Carolina, producing some thunderstorm wind damage in Wilson County.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
Tropical Storm Ana made landfall along the northeast coast of South Carolina and then tracked northeastward across eastern North Carolina, producing some thunderstorm wind damage in Wilson County.
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 May 10, 1:00 PM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 200 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015 .SYNOPSIS...THE LOW PRESSURE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA...LOCATED NORTH OF MYRTLE BEACH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN TONIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF ANA WILL EXIT NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EARLY MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE WEST MONDAY NIGHT AND CROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY... ANA...LOCATED NEAR NC/SC BORDER...WILL CONTINUE LIFTING TO THE NORTH THE REST OF TODAY. THE LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO BE INVOF KJNX AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN APPROACHING THE VA BORDER BY SUNRISE MONDAY. CURRENT RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW BANDED SHOWERS ROTATING N AND NW ACROSS E/SE NC AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC. RADAR TRENDS AND MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT STEADY RAIN NEAR THE LOW CENTER WILL LIFT NORTH AND IMPACT A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...WITH QPF VALUES ACROSS OUR COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES RANGING FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH. LATEST SOIL MOISTURE DATA SUGGESTS THAT OUR COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES SHOULD EASILY HANDLE THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN...BUT WITH ANY TRAINING TYPE EVENT...WILL HAVE TO WATCH RAINFALL RATES...WHICH IF HIGH ENOUGH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING DESPITE THE DRY SOIL. AS WE'VE BEEN ADVERTISING...THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE EAST OF US-1...WITH POPS TRENDING LOWER TO THE WEST. ASIDE FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...THE RISK FOR ISOLATED BRIEF SPIN- UPS SHOULD LESSEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT STILL CAN'T BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT IN ANY OF THE STRONGER CELLS EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN BANDS NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE LOW CENTER. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MID-UPPER 60S. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY... ANA REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP SPEED AND QUICKLY LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. ON THE HEELS OF EXITING ANA WILL BE A WEAK MIDLEVEL SHORT WAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS SUCH...DESPITE THE EXIT OF ANA... RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR AREA WHERE LINGERING MOISTURE (AS DEMONSTRATED BY PWAT >1.75 INCHES) WILL BE MOST AMPLE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST HIGHS IN THE LOWER-MID 80S...HOWEVER CLOUD COVER...ESP ACROSS OUR NE ZONES...MAY HOLD TEMPS BACK A FEW DEGREES. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE MID-UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 130 PM SUNDAY... TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT: AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES BROADENS...THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS FROM THE WEST WEAKENING AS IT DOES SO WITH WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN THE WAKE OF ANA AND INSTABILITY WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 1000 J/KG BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE I-95 CORRIDOR ASSISTED BY VERY HOT TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE LOWER 90S. EARLY IN THE DAY THE BEST SHEAR...ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT BUT INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAKER THAN ACROSS THE EAST. STILL SUFFICIENT FOR SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BUT THIS WILL TAPER OFF IN THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST BY EVENING WITH INSTABILITY MERGING WITH INCREASING SHEAR VALUES FROM THE WEST. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WX WILL BE AROUND 00Z IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES WITH WIND THE MOST LIKELY THREAT AS DCAPE VALUES UPWARDS OF 1000-1500 J/KG. THE FRONT WILL BE QUICK TO MOVE ON TO THE EAST THOUGH AND THE THREAT FOR ANY CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER 3Z OR SO ON WEDNESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT BUT UPPER 50S IN THE NW PIEDMONT TO LOW 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST IS A GOOD BET. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND OUT TO SEA. COOL NORTHERLY FLOW WILL HELP TEMPERATURES DROP BACK INTO THE LOW 80S ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN INTO THE MIDDLE 70S FOR THURSDAY. LOWS VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE LOWER 50S. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: A LOT MORE UNCERTAINTY FOR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS MOISTURE ADVECTION OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY...AIDED BY RETURN FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND BY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS OF RIGHT NOW MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY WILL BE MOSTLY DRY BUT RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY SHOWING THIS HAS BEEN LACKING. AFTER THIS POINT THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT THAT RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW DECENT INSTABILITY WITH ABOUT 20 KTS OF BULK SHEAR TO WORK WITH. AGAIN VERY EARLY FOR THESE DETAILS TO HOLD BUT CERTAINLY AN UNSETTLED PATTERN FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES INCREASING DURING THIS PERIOD FROM THE MIDDLE 70S POSSIBLY BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 80S BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 2 PM SUNDAY... MVFR AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NC THROUGH 11/12Z AS ANA REMNANTS MOVE NORTH ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND WORST CIGS/VSBY ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A KMEB-KRDU-KHNZ LINE. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM SW TO NE EARLY MONDAY AS ANA REMNANTS EXIT...ESP AFTER 11/15Z. HOWEVER DURING THE DAYTIME MONDAY...ISOLD TO SCT TSTMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LOCALLY AND BRIEFLY RESULT IN MVFR/IFR FLT CONDITIONS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TUESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ASSOCIATED MVFR CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. IMPROVING AVIATION CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RAH NEAR TERM...RAH SHORT TERM...RAH LONG TERM...ELLIS AVIATION...RAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 319 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015 NCZ007>009-021>025-038>040-073>076-083-084-111930- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- 319 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ010-011-026>028-041>043-077-085-086-111930- WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT- SCOTLAND-HOKE- 319 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ078-088-089-111930- WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 319 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND RESULTANT HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A BRIEF TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
144 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
NCZ075-086-088-101830-
CUMBERLAND-MOORE-HOKE-
144 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND HOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT BRAGG...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN PINES...RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...ABERDEEN...POPE AFB...SPRING
LAKE...ASHLEY HEIGHTS...BOWMORE AND SILVER CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOTORISTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD SLOW DOWN! DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3493 7936 3496 7937 3523 7944 3520 7911
3519 7910 3520 7907 3519 7899 3501 7903
3488 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 095DEG 20KT 3511 7912SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
542 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
NCZ043-078-102230-
WILSON NC-WAYNE NC-
542 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A BAND OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS
OF WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS FROM NEAR EUREKA TO 2 MILES EAST OF LA
GRANGE...TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...WILSON...FREMONT...LUCAMA...STANTONSBURG...BLACK CREEK...
PIKEVILLE...SIMS...EUREKA AND BUCKHORN RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED PERSISTENT ROTATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BAND...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
NOTICEABLE CLOUD BASE ROTATION OR EVEN A FUNNEL CLOUD. IF THE
SHOWERS WERE TO INTENSIFY AND ROTATION STRENGTHEN...A WARNING MAY BE
ISSUED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3538 7780
3536 7782 3533 7783 3556 7806 3559 7807
3561 7813 3571 7816 3573 7819 3584 7792
3561 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 147DEG 22KT 3545 7780
26SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
633 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
NCZ043-078-102315-
WILSON NC-WAYNE NC-
633 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A BAND OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT PORTIONS OF WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 715
PM EDT...
AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS FROM NEAR KENLY TO STANTONSBURG TO KINSTON...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSON...FREMONT...KENLY...LUCAMA...STANTONSBURG...BLACK CREEK...
SARATOGA...SIMS...EUREKA AND BUCKHORN RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED PERSISTENT ROTATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BAND...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
NOTICEABLE CLOUD BASE ROTATION OR EVEN A FUNNEL CLOUD. IF THE
SHOWERS WERE TO INTENSIFY AND ROTATION STRENGTHEN...A WARNING MAY BE
ISSUED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3563 7774 3557 7782 3549 7783 3556 7802
3558 7807 3559 7807 3560 7812 3566 7815
3571 7816 3573 7818 3584 7791
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 142DEG 24KT 3560 7786
26The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several weak structures were damaged, one mobile home was blown over and a tree fell on top of another mobile home. In addition, a couple of trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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