Central North Carolina

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC438 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130845-PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-438 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA..DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL NORTHCAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA BY EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT... SANDHILLS... AND COASTALPLAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN WEATHERHAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH IN A HOUR...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT DO NOT FAVOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER... STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF THEAPPROACHING COLD FRONT... ALONG WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SUGGEST A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS... WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 58 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THEEARLY TO MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION... AND BETWEEN MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL NORTHCAROLINA..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN BY THAT TIME. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMSAGAIN ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.