downeastnc Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Local Charlotte folks breaking in if so link to stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HKY_WX Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 distinct hook on the radar image out of charlotte. currently getting very heavy rains and lightning here. also small hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNCCmetgrad Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Tornado Warning includes Gastonia. Going to be very close to my house. Maybe just a tad north. At the very least thinking there will be some pretty strong winds here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Brad Panovich streaming: WCNC Charlotte http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-warn-weather-stream#utm_campaign=unknown&utm_source=1093808&utm_medium=social Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FoothillsNC Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I hope people in Uptown Charlotte is aware of what's going on. Speed Street began today in Uptown, I bet there are a ton of people out and about at this hour. well all the media in that market I watched today downplayed the storm til after festivities were over. Now there's a tornado warning. Once again, the momentum of Tstorm lines coming out of the mountains proved true. The models didnt' catch that line, and forecasters who believed the models hook , line and sinker missed out. This makes about 3 or 4 big events here in the Charlotte market that wasn't caught on to until too late..not really belittling, just noting. Its a bad storm here, just ending. and just got the power back on. I'd say for lightning alone its a top 10 storm. My dad just called from Shelby, no power there. 2 (maybe 3) of the top thunderstorms of my lifetime have all occured in the last 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Gonna be close for you no way it gets to me lol, pwat nosedive to under a inch from about Columiba to the east, the line should hit the wall just to your west....... Isn't that usually the way it goes? I'm surprised the line has made it this far, wicked lightning to my west, but no thunder just yet.....patiently waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Nice to see you adding to your May total, even if it was a little breezy It's about time! Well, it only gave me a quarter inch, but I stood out under the awning, and faced west into the hardest wind I've seen in 25 years, to include the hurricane/tropical storm that tried to stuff my shed in though the bathroom window back in the 90's. It was so loud I couldn't hear any trees falling, but I expect they are out there. Got to go outside for a show like that. I got a half inch tornado night, a half a week later, and now a quarter. Not going to get too excited by that. N. Ga. has been doing way better than down here. All I want is for a benign tstorm to rain out over me and give me 2 or 3 inches. No wind, no hail, no nothing but rain, lol. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Odd spot for it but they warned it more like where you would see a gustnado Yea... interesting little hook on the TDWR in Charlotte... shows how the higher resolution is very useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 That Tornado warned storm in Gaston/Meck County is moving 70 mph according to NWS. Edit:Must have been a typo, thought that souded off. Now say's 45 mph, still pretty good forward speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 well all the media in that market I watched today downplayed the storm til after festivities were over. Now there's a tornado warning. Once again, the momentum of Tstorm lines coming out of the mountains proved true. The models didnt' catch that line, and forecasters who believed the models hook , line and sinker missed out. This makes about 3 or 4 big events here in the Charlotte market that wasn't caught on to until too late..not really belittling, just noting. Its a bad storm here, just ending. and just got the power back on. I'd say for lightning alone its a top 10 storm. My dad just called from Shelby, no power there. 2 (maybe 3) of the top thunderstorms of my lifetime have all occured in the last 2 months. I do have to give some credit to the 13z HRRR earlier, as it did an exceptionally great job with both the coverage and timing of the developing squall line tonight across NC/SC. I mean it doesn't get any better for convective verification than this! As for me, I only ended up with about .05" of rainfall here on the NW side of Asheville. The storms literally died and reformed further east as they crossed over Buncombe county. I think the culprit this time was the distinct lack of CAPE over the French Broad River valley earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 That Tornado warned storm in Gaston/Meck County is moving 70 mph according to NWS. Forbes just said 45 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I think WCNC just took a lightning hit...their live stream went dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Extremely impressive storm! I believe at one point, the winds were topped at least 83mph here. Lawn chairs, trashcan, car cover, and several small tree branches have come down in my yard. At one point, lightning had nearly struck the house (I'd say about 110 feet away) ending with a tremendous boom. From the looks of the velocities images posted, my house wasn't too far away when the rotation got going. Too close for comfort. Even now, I'm still receiving a good bit of lightning. This is going in my top 5 for severe thunderstorms this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 66 MPH gust at KCLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 This line is now moving off, but it is still raining heavily. Radar looks to show the rain passing by within another hour or two. But, is rain supposed to redevelop overnight and in the morning in the mountains and foothills? Will there be upsloping winds on the east side of the Apps contributing to rainfall? I just checked the gauge and I'm at 0.65 inches for an hour and a half of rain. Not bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Few pieces of hail managed to drip out of the sky here in North Wilkesboro. Winds gusted to...35mph roughly. Witnessed one bolt of lightning touch the ground in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 judging from wind reports, mine wasn't all that impressive at 45mph. Once the rain is over I'll check the gauge, it looks like over an inch. Still pouring and some new bolts have developed pretty close by. edit. Have had .46" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 judging from wind reports, mine wasn't all that impressive at 45mph. Once the rain is over I'll check the gauge, it looks like over an inch. Still pouring and some new bolts have developed pretty close by. edit. Have had .46" Line is rapidly falling apart. Possible I won't get anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Line is rapidly falling apart. Possible I won't get anything at all. Not a drop here..............yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Picked up only .10 here hopefully some of the heavier rain to the W will move in. Nothing severe here,no hail and the wind only got up over 30 mph a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankin5150 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 We were hammered over here in Belmont (southern Belmont). Trees down EVERYWHERE. i posted some pics from my mobile phone on FB. I will upload pics tomorrow, during the day. Robert G...do you think a Tornado touched down in my area?? There was some rotation on radar during the height of the storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Raleigh just put me under a STW and there's nothing there. ??? Guilford and Randolph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Raleigh just put me under a STW and there's nothing there. ??? Guilford and Randolph. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOKESDALE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINITY... COLERIDGE...ASHEBORO... RANDLEMAN...RAMSEUR... STALEY...CLIMAX... LIBERTY...LAKE TOWNSEND... MCLEANSVILLE... UM....Nope. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcarolinian Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOKESDALE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINITY... COLERIDGE...ASHEBORO... RANDLEMAN...RAMSEUR... STALEY...CLIMAX... LIBERTY...LAKE TOWNSEND... MCLEANSVILLE... UM....Nope. WTF? i guess this? WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN... THUNDER OR LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. GO INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Here are a few pictures from my local spotting/chase in NW Georgia... this was in Cartersville... great lightning shot I got earlier: And then I got a great shelf cloud in between Fairmount and Jasper: Finally, we got a weakly rotating wall cloud 2-3 miles east of Fairmount, GA from the next storm in line. This looked to be a weak supercell trying to get its act together. Broad rotation on radar and it was exactly in the area we saw the wall cloud, so I am positive that was exactly what it was from experience: On a side note, SOFTBALL sized hail was reported and confirmed in Fannin County near Morganton, GA... that is unheard of for this area. Was surprised the updrafts could get that robust in this marginal environment today. Impressive. Must have been some interesting mesoscale stuff going on in that concentrated area because numerous baseballs were reported just southeast in Ellijay as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF0602 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 great shot of the lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Still waiting, but it's not far BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1144 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLISTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARNWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WILLISTON...SOUTH CONGAREE...RIDGE SPRING...RED BANK...LEXINGTON...LEESVILLE... GASTON...DENMARK...BLACKVILLE...BATESBURG AND BARNWELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 3 storm related deaths in Atlanta this evening. Two elderly women were killed when a tree fell on their car. http://www.ajc.com/n...r-3-957576.html using Tapatalk My sis and eight year old nephew, who live in Atlanta (Buckhead), were lucky to not get hurt as a large tree fell on their family room just as they were leaving the house. Damage to that room was significant and it was a very scarey moment. Thank goodness they're ok. This spring has been terrible in general in terms of lost lives, injuries, and destruction. Enough is enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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