janetjanet998 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 New Tornado Watch For Most of SC NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 615 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 200 AM EDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG DEEP FRONTAL ZONE ORIENTED WNW/ESE FROM WRN NC INTO N CNTRL SC. INSTABILITY WILL BE IMPORTED BY STRENGTHENING WSWLY 850-700 MB FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH UPR VORT/MCS PASSING BY TO THE N. LENGTHENING HODOGRAPHS AND ASSOCIATED STEEP LAPSE RATE PLUME COULD SUPPORT IN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES/TORNADOES GIVEN FAIRLY MOIST LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT INVOF WEAK BACK-DOOR FRONT AT THE SFC...WITH THE THREAT CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT DESPITE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Massive lightning strike across the street! Thunder was instantaneous and shook the house. Torrential rain at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNCCmetgrad Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Had nickel sized hail with the second storm. Looks like another storm may be down the line in far northern Cleveland county which may have some weak rotation with it. That line dropping out of the mountains is really moving now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 In Georgia for the weekend. Naturally the crazy storms hit while I'm gone. This is scary though: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A* TORNADO WARNING FOR... UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...* UNTIL 645 PM EDT* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF TUSCULUM...OR 12 MILES EAST OF GREENEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... BANNER HILL AND ERWIN AROUND 620 PM EDT.OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDEEMBREEVILLE. The storms here have been pretty bad. Unicoi Co. is under a tornado warning as I write this. The initial line rolled through Sullivan Co. about one hour ago. Took the family in the basement when marble size hail, strong winds, and frequent(I don't use that term loosely) lightning strikes began to move in. The sky changed to that weird color that often accompanies severe storms. WJHL reported the cloud tops to be 50,000 feet. They showed baseball hail from just southeast of Rogersville. A tree about 150 yards up the street from me was shredded by a lightning strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ridge Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The storms here have been pretty bad. Unicoi Co. is under a tornado warning as I write this. The initial line rolled through Sullivan Co. about one hour ago. Took the family in the basement when marble size hail, strong winds, and frequent(I don't use that term loosely) lightning strikes began to move in. The sky changed to that weird color that often accompanies severe storms. WJHL reported the cloud tops to be 50,000 feet. They showed baseball hail from just southeast of Rogersville. A tree about 150 yards up the street from me was shredded by a lightning strike. The only official reports I've seen thus far are 1" hail and tree damage in Johnson City (mentioned the medical center area near the W Market/State of Franklin intersection specifically) and 4.25" (softball) size hail in Rogersville. Family in Erwin report small hail and wind so far, but no damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshetley Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I just do not see this happening in the upstate of SC. The storms have turned a little but not enough to impact anyone SW of I-26. Except for that one weakening storm near Laurens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Keeping my eye on the next area of storms currently progressing southeastward passing through the Burnsville area up northwest in the mountains. That looks like it will hold and pass through the Foothills/Piedmont for the rest of this evening especially since the boundary is still hanging around here supporting these storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 just got stuck in a pretty bad hailstorm. they were the size of marbles at times, a nd a little larger. Not far from the house on 180 south of Shelby a couple miles. No precip at my house, or hail. Just barely missed it. I've got it on video, so uploading at the moment. Was the best hailstorm I've seen in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Tornado Warning for McDowell including Marion, right turner coming off of the Black Mtn range... Similar to 1999 F-2 that struck Glenwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncjoaquin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Tornado Warning for McDowell including Marion, right turner coming off of the Black Mtn range... Similar to 1999 F-2 that struck Glenwood Also, tornado warning Mitchell, Yancey, Burke. Pretty rare for Mitchell and Yancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBUWX23 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hail photos courtesy of WBTV 3 in Charlotte. http://sendit.wbtv.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=1211118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wow Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Seems like everything is lining up right behind where the front settled in today. So close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Got caught in a gully washer up in MT Airy a few hours ago. Looks and sounds like a nice storm is fixing to roll through the old BY as we are back home now. Weird being in the wedge all day and having severe like this. Started at 49 this morning and haven't surpassed 52-53 all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buckeyefan1 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I just do not see this happening in the upstate of SC. The storms have turned a little but not enough to impact anyone SW of I-26. Except for that one weakening storm near Laurens. It's going to be a long night...lol Nice video Robert Seems like everything is lining up right behind where the front settled in today. So close! I see black clouds to my east as a nice storm builds across the river in Richland co ...currently it's 88deg with the sun shining brightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Just got more hail with torrential rainfall but nothing like the first one. Still had a few around an inch. EDIT: Funnel spotted just east of 321 if you're heading toward Belmont associated with strong rotation in southeastern Gaston county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 golfball size hail in Marion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Just got more hail with torrential rainfall but nothing like the first one. Still had a few around an inch. looks like you've had round after round. That next round should drop a little further southwest and hit here. I just missed a major hailstorm by only 3 miles a few minutes ago. I'm hoping to avoid hail here at the house, all the azaleas are opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theodometer Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Funnel cloud spotted in southern Gastonia county.... Headed in general direction of Lake Wylie via WCNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Weird purply-pink hue to the lightning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 hail stones from Clover, SC. Emailed to me from a friend that lives there. Wow, that's crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 55 and rumbles of thunder in the vicinity. Crazy weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Airport wx warning for Charlotte/Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrel2 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Wow, that's crazy! He told me he found a bigger one and put it in the freezer. He said it had about 30 minutes to melt before he picked it up. Anyways, he just sent me the picture of it! His house is located about 3 miles ENE of Clover,SC next to Lake Wylie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 He told me he found a bigger one and put it in the freezer. He said it had about 30 minutes to melt before he picked it up. Anyways, he just sent me the picture of it! His house is located about 3 miles ENE of Clover,SC next to Lake Wylie. That's wild...that stuff happens in the plains, not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrel2 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 That's wild...that stuff happens in the plains, not here. yea, I told him to hold onto it and let me contact the GSP office and see if they might want it. He then told me he already let it melt in the sink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4life Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 First cell moved through and wasn't to impressive..heavy rain and lighting were the highlights.Second cell is now approaching and seems to mean more business.Got dark really quick and the wind started picking up more intensity.Just started pouring now and the thunder seemed to arrive with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Got a video up showing a couple of CG bolts that struck during Round 1 coming through Gastonia. I'm currently working on the second one featuring the hailstorm that occurred with the first storm. Also, if anyone's thinking we're done after 3 rounds, guess again. The next one is on board heading due southeast for the Piedmont and like some of these storms, they all have made these southward shifts and is a good indicator of rotation occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtg947h Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Nothing doing down here; under a severe thunderstorm watch and had pops pumped up to 60% for a while, but barely any clouds at all. Was really hoping for some storms today, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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