Possible Tornadoes in North Carolina
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Possible tornadoes spawned today in eastern North Carolina as thunderstorms formed ahead of a weak cold front. At the time of this writing multiple reports of hail varying in size from .75″ to 2.75″ and two reports of a funnel / possible tornado were received. For fun I have saved two animations of our HAMrad II radar product. The first is an animation of BREF (base reflectivity) only to give you a general overview of storm formation. The second includes overlays above the bref product of watches / warnings, and storm report locations. I always find it fun to view the timing of warning issuances based upon thunderstorm intensification, and the placement / timing of storm reports as both are plotted real-time and overlain onto our radar product. A few samples of storm reports are below: |
| Tornado Reports | ||||
| Time (z) | County | State | Comments | |
| 2110 | MARTIN | NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO (MHX) | |
| 2140 | BEAUFORT | NC | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED (MHX) | |
| Hail Reports | ||||
| Time (z) | Size (inches) | County | State | Comments |
| 1902 | 1.00 | WASHINGTON | NC | HAIL COVERED THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 99 (MHX) |
| 1910 | 2.75 | SAMPSON | NC | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED IRREGULAR SHAPED HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. (RAH) |
| HAMrad II Radar Product Animations |
| Base Reflectivity Only |
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| Base Reflectivity + Warnings & Storm Reports Overlays |
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| The blue “box” indicates a thunderstorm watch. Thunderstorm Warnings are the orange polygons, tornado warnings are the red polygons. Storm Report locations are indicated by the dots. Red = Tornado, Green = Hail, Blue = Wind |
cheers,
–patrick
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