arlwx Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 TOR warning for a severe thunderstorm: BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 455 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... North central Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 515 AM EDT * At 455 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Southeastern Community College, or near Whiteville, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Elkton, Abbottsburg, Lisbon and Clarkton. This includes US Route 74 between mile markers 389 and 390. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Strong couplet now on the Pender Co storm....there has been 3 or 4 tonight that have looked like they may have produced but this one is the best looking one since the one in SC hrs ago. Several storms now getting that look and trying to establish rotations in central and eastern NC, school buses etc are also getting ready to start running etc, going to be a messy commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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downeastnc Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 3 active warnings in eastern NC all with decent couplets....I am at work so posting radar images is something I cant really do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Couplet headed for the general Jacksonville area in a pretty heavily populated area, looks good on radar probably producing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF0602 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 It went a couple of miles to my west, went right over my dad, he's still in the bathroom said he thought heard something really strange, he is on highway 17 by the air station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Nasty cell headed right for Washington, NC. Very tight couplet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Hope that wasn't legit it went right over the biggest part of town and its a pretty big town.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF0602 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Decent couplet went right over Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF0602 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Wow look at all of these rotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Another cell Southeast of Washington beginning to rotate. Might see that get a warning as well in a few. Very active morning on the NC coast. Stay safe everyone!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF0602 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Cell near Trenton might need a warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 These cells are really starting to rotate when they hit that 40 knot sfc-1km shear contour running north through Washington, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtg947h Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 http://www.wtoc.com/story/35347549/severe-storm-damage-reported-in-garden-city-along-hwy-80 I don't recall a warning coming out on this and I didn't grab a screenshot of what I saw, but I have Pykl3 and was watching the storms come through as we went about our business yesterday afternoon. At least to my untrained eye the base reflectivity showed a little hook on one cell and the velocity showed a rough couplet moving between I-95 and I-516 (which would put it in the right place for this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Pretty good rotation on this storm south of Virginia Beach, this area has been somewhat of a local hotbed for tornado warned storms and severe weather this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Buddy of mine had his roof ripped off his barn in Washington this morning. He also sustained heavy damage in the EF 3 April tornado 3 or 4 years ago that hit washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Check out the population affected by this warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, jburns said: Check out the population affected by this warning. Never mind. This one topped it. If lightning struck and no one was there would the thunder still make a noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 7 hours ago, jburns said: Check out the population affected by this warning. Hope everyone in Waycross is ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Could move into our Northern counties if it stays together. 912 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY... At 912 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Mt Laurel, moving south at 30 mph. Tornado Warning including Brookneal VA until 9:00 PM EDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 RAH HWO this morning,,, This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will be capable of producing large hail up to one and a half to two inches in diameter, strong to locally damaging wind gusts, and perhaps an isolated tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 10:40AM Still expect enough partial sun by early-mid afternoon to produce SBCAPE values between 2000-2500 J/kg late today with MLCAPE 1000- 1500 probable. This buoyant air mass coupled with effective bulk shear values 45-55kts will support the formation of organized convection, likely in the form of broken bowing segment and a few supercells. Main severe weather threat appears to be large hail and damaging straight line winds, though an isolated weak tornado cannot be ruled out. The severe threat appears greatest roughly north and northeast of Raleigh, and primarily during the evening hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...At least isolated severe risk will extend from portions of eastern KY east-southeastward to eastern NC into the evening hours. It is unclear whether severe coverage will be sufficient for Watch issuance, though environmental/convective trends will be monitored for possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch issuance. DISCUSSION...Clusters of thunderstorms have developed from parts of central KY to southern WV and will continue tracking east-southeastward into the evening hours. This activity lies within the warm side of a baroclinic zone extending from KY through northeastern NC. Some of this activity has shown indications of localized upscale growth, which could subsequently support a downstream, greater risk for damaging winds amid pre-convective diurnally steepened low-level lapse rates. Ahead of the KY/WV convection, additional convective development may occur. This would especially be the case in proximity to a segment of the baroclinic zone from southern VA into northern/central/eastern NC -- where baroclinic circulations are enhanced in association with more substantial contrasts in theta-e. Cumulus development is already noted in this regime, where greater surface heating (temperatures into the lower 80s) has boosted low-level lapse rates. All of the aforementioned convection will spread east-southeastward and perhaps southeastward toward/across the Appalachians, Piedmont region, and coastal plain into the evening hours. With around 500-1250 J/kg of MLCAPE and 40-55 kt of effective shear, continued robust and somewhat organized convective structures may evolve. Isolated damaging wind gusts will remain possible (as previously described), and some severe-hail risk may accompany any supercell structures. The greatest risk for a supercell -- and perhaps a brief tornado -- will extend from parts of southern VA into northern/central/eastern NC, where buoyancy and low-level SRH will be the greatest (albeit modest in magnitude). Overall, however, the lack of stronger deep ascent could restrict severe coverage to some extent. If a more substantial severe risk were to become apparent, Severe Thunderstorm Watch issuance could become necessary later this afternoon or evening for portions of the region. ..Cohen/Guyer.. 05/11/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Storms spilling across the VA border. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of North Carolina until 1 AM EDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 The one eastern most severe cell will be the most likely to spin up, if it holds up it should be in my neck of the woods around 9-9:30ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Lime size hail??? It's not on the SPC list of comparable objects http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/tables/hailsize.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Durham about to get spanked some areas might get gust over 50-60 mph.....decent hail core as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannerdude Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Had what seemed like a 50 mph wind gust here in SE Durham before torrential rains. Something metal in the neighbor's yard definitely went airborne. Hail core missed me to the north. Picked up 2/3" of rain in 15ish minutes though, not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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