eyewall Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Buckle up this could be a wild ride even though it isn't the snow we have been looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Consensus for 925mb winds to be 50-75kts across all of the eastern half of NC. The 6z HRRR leads me to believe that perhaps gusts over about 45 mph will have trouble making it to the surface without convection, which is probably why RAH is a little conservative. The globals are still gungho on 50 mph+ gusts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upstate Tiger Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 In January of 1977, I believe it was 16th and 17th, we had a very similar set up as this. Cold on the front end allowed for a little frozen in the higher elevations. Then heavy rain, high wind warning, and even a tornado watch. When I went to bed that evening, the temp at GSP was 66. Winds howled all night with some stations reporting 80 MPH gusts. When I got up, we had a dusting of snow blowing around and temps in the 20's. About 8:30 AM a snow squal came through with absolute whiteout conditions. Temp dropped to 19 degrees and stayed there all day. We had occassional snow flurries in the upstate all day and the winds were gusting to 50 MPH. Wonder if any of you other boomers like me remember that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mercurydime Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 40 minutes ago, Upstate Tiger said: In January of 1977, I believe it was 16th and 17th, we had a very similar set up as this. Cold on the front end allowed for a little frozen in the higher elevations. Then heavy rain, high wind warning, and even a tornado watch. When I went to bed that evening, the temp at GSP was 66. Winds howled all night with some stations reporting 80 MPH gusts. When I got up, we had a dusting of snow blowing around and temps in the 20's. About 8:30 AM a snow squal came through with absolute whiteout conditions. Temp dropped to 19 degrees and stayed there all day. We had occassional snow flurries in the upstate all day and the winds were gusting to 50 MPH. Wonder if any of you other boomers like me remember that one? I do recall January '77 being a very snowy month. I was a freshman at Wake Forest. I think that was the only time in my four years there that classes were canceled. Maybe twice during the month? I had a suitemate from Haywood County (Canton, to be precise) whose younger sister did not attend school the entire month of January. I'll have to see if I can find NOAA records for that winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurydime Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiWanKarlNobi Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I bet Wake County will cancel school on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This might be the most interesting weather day of January and its not even a snowstorm. 6-8 inches of rain in 12 hours or less along the escarpment (especially Transylvania, Henderson, Polk)could cause big flash flooding issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Single day precip records for January are 3.06 at GSO and 2.96 at Charlotte. It seems likely one or both records will fall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Storm warning, high wind watch which should become a warning tomorrow, and a coastal flood watch. Tomorrow afternoon and evening are going to be fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclean02 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Such a huge storm hoping I keep my power today ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx n of atl Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 We just had another heavy line go thru, It is a solid wall of water. Keep up the great work everyone! I hope Atlanta can see some snow this year. no snow for us last year. Side note/ joined back in 2010, before that eastern, and before that I believe there was a local wx forum called Peachnet wx???, don't really remember anymore 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 53 minutes ago, wx n of atl said: We just had another heavy line go thru, It is a solid wall of water. Keep up the great work everyone! I hope Atlanta can see some snow this year. no snow for us last year. Side note/ joined back in 2010, before that eastern, and before that I believe there was a local wx forum called Peachnet wx???, don't really remember anymore I was also at Peachnet. So, were several others that are regulars here and were also at Eastern. I remember lookout, highway#, and NE GA, among others. Meanwhile, the current storm means business! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shack Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Warner Robins AFB reporting sustained 40mph wind with gust to 68. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionCountyNCWX Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 First rumbles of thunder, gusts getting into the 35mph range in Matthews, NC as of 1227pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 2 hours ago, GaWx said: I was also at Peachnet. So, were several others that are regulars here and were also at Eastern. I remember lookout, highway#, and NE GA, among others. Meanwhile, the current storm means business! Wow some of those were quite a while ago lol. Still raining - flood warnings out here. Will be interesting to see the total when I get home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Winds definitely picking up in Raleigh. Just had the lights flicker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsandhills Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 There was a decent tornado in Panama City Beach Florida. Started off as a water spout, quite a lot of damage. Wind picking up in south durham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Catawba Cty tornado crossed I40. Panovich tweeted 1 dead, 2 critical. Sad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 possible tornado near Sylvania Georgia. It's likely some tornado warnings will be in SC soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionCountyNCWX Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I was in the direct path of the tornado warned cell as it came through Matthews, NC. No issues here, no funnel spotted (would be hard to see anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayman Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, kvegas-wx said: Catawba Cty tornado crossed I40. Panovich tweeted 1 dead, 2 critical. Sad. I feel like the inability to pick up these type of quick spin-ups is the NexRad Level II radar void in coverage in the Charlotte Metropolitan area counties including Catawba County and the counties areas west of Winston-Salem right outside of Metropolitan Charlotte near Wilkesboro. This is like the third time a quick spin up has been below the RAH, GSP, & CAE NWS radar scans thus no Tornado Warning issued prior to the storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 possible waterspout coming onshore at N Myrtle or NC/SC border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 waterspout/tornado at the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayman Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 There is a boatload of supercells coming off the Atlantic into Southeastern NC near Wilmington. These storms need to be watched very closely over the next few hours because the instability is increasing in that region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 It sounded like a tropical storm outside when the line rolled through. Definitely some high sustained winds for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 STP: about a billion % of normal for January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 today's storm reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 a thousand helicity charleston 18z sounding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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