Lookout Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 About a mile west of GSP. Holy wind Batman! About 50mph gusts with incredible rain. I've never seen a bow echo like that on radar! That bow has been quite impressive looking for a while and it has to be moving 2 or 3 times faster even compared to here. It's been here in fact for a good 30 minutes where as earlier to the west it was not staying in one place for probably 5 or 6 minutes. But to show you the difference between here and there right now....there has been ZERO wind here with the line..that's right...virtually dead calm. Pretty amazing difference between here and there. What's strange (besides absolutely no wind) is the line weakened for a while then re intensified right before getting here. That really never happens. Also of note is the lightning and thunder..been having a decent amount of lightning where as when the line was stronger to the west there was hardly any lightning at all. Channel 2 said there was only 1 strike in the past 15 minutes got the entire line when it was still back from gainesville at atlanta and south. So in terms of lightning and rain, it intensified, while the wind part of it completely went away where I'm at. Warnings all over the Upstate this morning. Serious wind and rain reported to our West. Battening down the hatches here under the Peach. BTW...that wedge is stout! It's in the 40's here, 50's to the West and 60's to the East. Wow! The temp here jumped from 54 to 66 in an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 that was more intense than anything I had for all 2013. It was pretty bad up this way, traffic lights blown off their lines. Many trees down, it hit very very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Quite a lot of wind damage reports per local news. Some people trapped in a mobile home in cherokee county. Actually had lot of lightning earlier this morning..i'm guessing 3 or 4am? Caught me by surprise given the wedge to be honest. Picked up 0.65 with that. So It actually rained a pretty good bit last night in many areas so these storms are also hitting on saturated ground. Will be interesting to see how much damage ends up across the athens area..where 2 to 3 inches of rain happened earlier this morning if it doesn't weaken. . But there will be some flooding too. Interesting seeing how far ahead the line is/how fast it's moving through the ne ga mountains/rabun county vs areas to the south..it has to be moving twice as fast as it is toward atlanta. Quite a bow from gainesville northeast. edit...just 25 minutes after posting this, the line is quickly weakening from east of atlanta to say north of athens. Not surprising though which is why i mentioned it weakening above because 9 out of 10 times at least storms/ or a line of storms weakens as it moves past atlanta. I'm not sure why this always happens but I'm guessing it has something to do with the elevation drop...although the elevation drop isn't but a couple of hundred feet and you wouldn't think that would be enough to cause such weakening. But it happens almost every time. same here, with the wedge and usual collapse of storms as they head into it i was a bit surprised this morning as well. some thunder now but not like earlier when the line blew through. trees down around town and a lot of thunder and lightning. scared my poor dog and she flew in the bed and jumped on top of me (happy sleep in saturday morning lol) the metal chairs and stuff on my deck got blown around and tipped over. thats pretty impressive that was more intense than anything I had for all 2013. It was pretty bad up this way, traffic lights blown off their lines. Many trees down, it hit very very fast. same here, probably the biggest (not long lasting) intensity than all of last year. we got a ton of rain, but most was just rain or heavy rain and was a pretty cloudy summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 More thunder and lightning now with the stratoform rain, behind the bow! None with bow passage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaffneyPeach Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Impressive. It looked impressive to me as well but the only thing we had IMBY was a sudden lift in fog (I'm talkin' "poof" and it was gone), a lot of rain and a slight breeze. Trees were down in some areas most likely due to saturated ground. Temps are in the mid 50's now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLweather Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Getting some heating and sun shine through broken clouds. Should help crank up the storms as they move east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Tornado Watch until 6 p.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 15z RAP indices for KRWI (Rocky Mount/Wilson, NC) valid 3pm...helicity was 300+ at 2pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 As Jon just posted the cape values in eastern SC/NC are getting really decent especially given the amount of shear.....that mixed with the sun peaking in and out should keep this line rocking and getting worse as it moves east... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 This is a wet line of storms. My rain rate was 4.5" per hour for several minutes. Also, a lot of wind energy but almost no lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Sun has been out here for the past 30 minutes, wind is picking up, est some gusts over 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 75 and sunny/windy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looks like heavy rain in Statesville and hickory heading our way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looks like heavy rain in Statesville and hickory heading our way It's shrinking on radar as I watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Impressive. If someone told me that was a radar from mid May I wouldn't question it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 No sun here but plenty of wind. The northern edge of the squall line appears to be strengthening/becoming more organized as it approaches the Triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Temperature still rising. Currently 79 with lame sprinkles. Winds sustained at 24mph gusting to 37mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Tor warning looks legit headed for Chapel Hill classic QLCS tor sig for a few frames but appears to have diminished which is typical of this setup any that form should be short lived. Maybe get something more long lasting east of I 95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Tornado warning Alamance, Chatham and Orange. It looks like it will eventually impact Durham, northern Wake and Franklin counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Just got home from my son's basketball game. Hunkering down and waiting for the storms. Crazy weather for january. We can't get snow but we can get tornado warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Tornado warning Alamance, Chatham and Orange. It looks like it will eventually impact Durham, northern Wake and Franklin counties. Even without a tornado it is about to get flat nasty in that area lots of screaming wind real close to the ground there....looks like northern parts of Chapel Hill is going to catch the worst of it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossthread Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here at ILM; 75 degrees, wind(s) gusting from 26~37 SSW overcast/partly couldy @ 2300 ft.. >>>Next forecast challenge iswhether and when a tornado or Severe Thunderstorm Watch may beneeded for the remainder of our forecast area. Relevant portionsof previous discussions follow:Analysis of morning soundings...latest model data and radar trendssuggest little change from earlier thinking on nature and timingof todays event. This is still shaping up to be a high shear/LowCape severe event with a focus on the afternoon and early eveninghours. Instability is expected to be modest...but a strong low level jet inadvance of a sharp upper trough and strong ascent associated witha vigorous cold front will set the stage for potential severeweather in the form of damaging winds from severeshowers/thunderstorms and possibly tornados embedded within lineecho wave patterns. One such lewp with a history of wind damage israpidly advancing upon the County Warning Area from the west. However...it isstill a good 200 miles to the west of Marlboro County. Have raisedprobability of precipitation this afternoon to the categorical level and increasedafternoon quantitative precipitation forecast values...otherwise no changes to the forecast fortoday.<<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Still some weak rotation in it looks rough, if any of this wind is gets to the ground it should be good for 40-60mph gust all through Chapel Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I've got a tornado warning for myself right now in Western Wake! That was awful! Crazy swirling winds. Please stay in :|!! Trashcans are all over the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Oh oh folks need to take this one very seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Sun is peeking out here now. No wind at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 If they are going to issue a watch for eastern NC they better do it soon as that new line that popped up in front of the main squall is taking over and will be here pretty soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 75 knot wind at RDU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 75 knot wind gust at RDU. That cell is headed right for my general location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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