Solak Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Only thing we got today was the windshift with the outflow boundary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Some ongoing activity over the foothills still. Occasional thunder and lightning here. Get under one and you will find yourself with an additional 1-3inches of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 The clouds looked really cool today in Raleigh not a drop of rain all day though....took this with my iphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Off-topic but... All this flooding has washed something up at a creek where my sister lives. Looks like some type of rock/fossil/egg thing...anybody ever seen anything like it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Been getting nailed a lot here. The storms took a while last night, but after midnight they grew just north of Spartanburg and got this area after midnight, which grew into a decent sized mass for central NC. Now I'm on my 7th good thunderstorm since this began Sunday night. Not sure of the total , but I'll check the gauge when it ends. Somewhere around 4" total, which is about a month's worth. Very unusual, but I'll take it. The RUC had late development today, which worked out ok for this area again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrel2 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I just picked up 3.5 inches in a little over 25 minutes. I rode down the street and hit 3ft of water raging across the road and there’s not even a creek there? A person’s mailbox was barely sticking up above the water. It literally hailed for somewhere between 15 to 20 straight minutes; at times reaching quarter size. This might have been the wildest storm I’ve ever experienced. Especially considering I had just looked at the radar and went to bed thinking we had no chance of rain tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Saw .10 today from some showers leftover from the training storms that produced the flood warnings in the western part of the county. Radar estimates show between 6-10 inches. Good these totals are falling over mostly rural areas because that would be some crazy flooding.Same north of Leesburg,Ga. Crazy rainfall from those stationary storms. Radar estimates 10+ inches of rain with 7 inches per hour. Seems unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 CAE picked up another .50 overnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover91 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Interesting discrepancies between the NAM/GFS for the coastal/upper low this weekend. Thoughts? Here is the NAM 60 hour precip forecast. GFS 72 hour precip forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wednesday and Tuesday were big busts as far as storms around my way. Watch, we'll get a storm today when there's really not a lot of talk about them like there was the last two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wednesday and Tuesday were big busts as far as storms around my way. Watch, we'll get a storm today when there's really not a lot of talk about them like there was the last two days. Rainfall since May 13th. lmao you are just unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Looks like RDU is surrounded. Meanwhile, it's thundering here at work in RTP. I called it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Throwing down here right now. Some big ole fat ran drops and a ton of them. Lots of stuff heading in from the sounds should make for a wet afternoon here east of I-95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Storms to the left, storms to the right, we're the driest spot in town (sorry, Jimmy Buffett). Splitting the uprights with the tracks of the storms this afternoon 5 miles either side of us so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Parts of NE SC are inundated. Businesses here in Florence are closing. Even Time Warner Cable's office evacuated at around 2:00 because water was coming in. Reports of roads in Florence, Marion, and Horry counties being impassable. Not just side streets either, some are state highways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Parts of NE SC are inundated. Businesses here in Florence are closing. Even Time Warner Cable's office evacuated at around 2:00 because water was coming in. Reports of roads in Florence, Marion, and Horry counties being impassable. Not just side streets either, some are state highways. Panovichs twitter mentioned that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Local media also reporting major problems in the city of Dillon. Main Street is flooding with water entering businesses and several cars stalled out. Apparently neck deep in a few places. A commercial building in Marion County burned down after a lightning strike. Was getting a little better in Florence, but the yellows on the radar are encroaching once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Local media also reporting major problems in the city of Dillon. Main Street is flooding with water entering businesses and several cars stalled out. Apparently neck deep in a few places. A commercial building in Marion County burned down after a lightning strike. Was getting a little better in Florence, but the yellows on the radar are encroaching once again. You guys are getting hammered alright.....5-6" in and around Florence with that batch to the north settling in might be good for another couple of inches. Hopefully the rates fall enough to allow some drain off of the stuff that ha fallen although the Pee Dee is already reflecting all the water and its going to get worse before it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 To early to get excited. Severe Thunderstorm Warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Nice cell rolling through Asheville being warned right now...oddly coming from the Northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Nice cell rolling through Asheville being warned right now...oddly coming from the Northeast. Broad circulation from the low just off the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Pretty decent storm near Marietta, GA. Where is Marietta when you need him for OBS!? THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH MARIETTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Currently 67 with light rain and loud thunder still being heard. Saw about an inch of rain from the severe warned storm. Wind gusts were about 40-45mph before the storm and about 20mph during the storm lol. Looks weird outside with one part of the sky blue, the other red, and the other side dark with crazy lightning strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Pretty decent storm near Marietta, GA. Where is Marietta when you need him for OBS!? THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH MARIETTA. Nasty cell, watching it from a distance luckily. The sky is a yellowish/green tint with the storm passing just to my south and east. It cooled off considerably without a drop of rain from 84 down to 74 with a cool breeze. I'm just to the west of the white dot representing Marietta to give a perspective of my current location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonA Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Getting continuous loud thunder and just a minute ago that lovely blast of chill moist air, yaaay more rain in store! > THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED > HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH SMYRNA AND > MARIETTA. okokokok I'm getting the patio stuff in, hold your horses ... This is shaping up to be an interesting hour. Western Douglas County will be getting the cell that caused that Smyrna/Marietta notice, and then some impact from another to the southeast. The last few frames showed the outflow from the two cells interacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Finally caught the edge of the last batch of storms and picked up .34" in about 2 hours. That's some crazy totals racking up down there just North of the Florence/Darlington area!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Getting continuous loud thunder and just a minute ago that lovely blast of chill moist air, yaaay more rain in store! > THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED > HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH SMYRNA AND > MARIETTA. okokokok I'm getting the patio stuff in, hold your horses ... This is shaping up to be an interesting hour. Western Douglas County will be getting the cell that caused that Smyrna/Marietta notice, and then some impact from another to the southeast. The last few frames showed the outflow from the two cells interacting. Good luck! I like seeing them moving south west, 'cause they sure don't find me coming out of Ala. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Nasty cell, watching it from a distance luckily. The sky is a yellowish/green tint with the storm passing just to my south and east. It cooled off considerably without a drop of rain from 84 down to 74 with a cool breeze. I'm just to the west of the white dot representing Marietta to give a perspective of my current location. Was hoping you'd have some hail pictures for us, but I guess it's a good thing that you watched it from a distance. haha. Hail kinda sucks, I've been stuck driving in two hail storms at night so far this severe season, exciting but certainly not fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonA Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 > AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A > LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED > HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED > ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATTAHOOCHEE > HILL COUNTRY TO 7 MILES NORTH OF CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY TO > CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. ?!?! Douglas/Carroll/Fulton <> CHATTAHOOTCHEE HILL COUNTRY The Smyrna/Marietta cells and the cell in Western Fulton County collided more or less directly overhead with a lot of noise and light and rain. I heard what I thought was hail tink-ing a couple of times, but wasn't able to see any to report. The winds were not-really-strong-enough-to-report but gusting from every angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I got 3.6, but a friend of mine got 5.6" in about 5 hours. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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