NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 350 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .A TROPICAL-LIKE AIR MASS COUPLED WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID LEVELTROUGH WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON THE NEARLY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS WINSTON SALEM...GREENSBORO...DURHAM...AND RALEIGH.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:36:53 +0000
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