Tornado Warnings and Watches for NC - also T'Storms

[HeartofNC]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1205 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EST

* AT 1205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF EFLAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPEL HILL AT 1210 PM
DURHAM AT 1215 PM
BETHESDA AT 1220 PM
GORMAN AT 1225 PM

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



Tornado Warning for Alamance County until 4:00pm Saturday

Tornado Watch
Detailed Forecast for Wake County, NC
Issued at: 9:48 AM EST 2/22/03, expires at: 4:00 PM EST 2/22/03

Tornado watch number 19 in effect until 400 pm est and includes 47 counties in the following parts of north carolina. In The Piedmont And Sandhills,, Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren

[JQ Public]

Great storms coming thru right now. Counties to our west has tornado warnings and such. I believe raleigh is in a severe t-storm warning. We have straight line winds that are very strong and are basically drive the rains sideways.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

Be careful JQ....the most intense line is north of the city....you'll get the winds and possible damage with this squall line.....watch the skies and radars!

[Stormsfury]

Temperatures regime in Downeast NC's neck of the woods are in the UPPER 70'S... Can we say intensification likely?

[JQ Public]

YES WE CAN! Its looking prime for bad storms in his area

[Stormsfury]

I just talked with him over on TWC, and it's looking pretty rough for his area ... I don't think the marine influence will help knock these down like they do in a normal situation.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

What city is he in?

[JQ Public]

Greenville, North Carolina

[JQ Public]

oh yeh and skywatch (eric) is in Roanoke Rapids, NC. That is closer to the VA/NC border!

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

Oh yeah...I'm watching those areas closely. I know you guys have more tools and options to work with being in the middle of it, but be safe and watch the reports and radars....this is still hours from over and the rest of the line has to push off the coast. I'll keep an eye on all the action up this way and hope those guys come out of these events ok as well.

[HeartofNC]

It is all over here, except for the mud.. Not much activity in South Raleigh. It seemed to go around the beltline and I'm right inside the bottom of it. , more up north, did hear some thunder tho, which means we'll have snow within 10 days - heheheheheheheh

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

lol oh no! Well its good you escaped the meat of those storms...they are heading up into VA now and off the coast thankfully.

[Stormsfury]

That's good that it turned out not so bad there, HeartofNC.

Same here ... interesting enough, an NWS off-duty employee reported trees down in West Ashley, Charleston...near where I work at 330 pm EST today.

[Suncat]

Quite a lot of rain fell in Raleigh around 1:45 PM! I was driving on the Outer Loop at the time and it was quite fun...almost no visibility. Also heard thunder and saw some lightening.

Several folks I ran into today insisted that the thunder was a sure sign that we will have winter weather (snow, ice and/or sleet) in about 12 days. I'm a bit skeptical since it is so late in the season. Another rain event, maybe...but snow?

Any thoughts on this??

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

Its an old lore. I think its Thunder in Winter, snow in 30 days. Not all that sure. Same applies to a ring around the moon.

[Stormsfury]

HPC is progging another winter storm for the Mid-Atlantic around day 5.
I'm not so sure ... the models are waffling badly right now and can't really make a good summation of the situation.

[JQ Public]

hahah...i always thought it was 13 days...i saw on the news about 7 days and here i hear 10 days? Whatever...what about thunder in the winter snow w/in the next two weeks??? ;) ;) ;) ;)

[HeartofNC]

Hey JQ, and all others within the sound of thunder - we've got plenty of time to get to the store then...ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

[JQ Public]

Hhaha oh yeh! Btw did ya see that wind today! Boy was it blowing. Why was it so windy today?

[Stormsfury]

Hhaha oh yeh! Btw did ya see that wind today! Boy was it blowing. Why was it so windy today?

Very strong pressure gradient with that low which was around 983 mb - I had a peak gust of 54 mph ... which fell a couple of trees this morning around the area ...