Shaggy
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5/18/20 - 5/23/20 Upper Low Flooding & Severe Threat
- Thread starter Webberweather53
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Most models are calling for another inch or two around here, but I'm skeptical, looking at the radar. Upstream returns are fairly paltry.
I’m not too concerned about flooding today. The high risk wasn’t really necessary here and the next two day’s don’t highlight any chance of flooding anywhere close to here.
Wow! You all are getting soaked, 7-8 inches. 2.8 is my total since Monday. Curious to hear some RDU totals.
2.39 here
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Deleted member 1449
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We are definitely a bit soggy here.
Shaggy
Member
Finally getting some decent returns and for real downpours now. Had been nothing but some slightly heavier than drizzle tropical type light rain.
BIG moisture plume coming off the Atlantic will dump on areas of NC from Raleigh north and east. You can see a little meso low, on radar, spinning as it traverses NW. Also some lightning returns showing up.
I’ll tell you what the HRRR and HRRRX 12z really showing some good severe weather setting up tomorrow .. should be quite interesting
Shaggy
Member
Really started up raining hard here in the last hour or so. Gonna add up pretty quickly I'd guess.
Only in Wilkes can it rain 12.52” and not even flood.
7.2” here since 6pm Monday. It will be interesting to see if anything develops to the south and southeast again that could give us a run at 8 or 9 before the day is over
Steven_1974
Member
Tomorrow for where? I didn't see anything in the forecast for tomorrow around the Triangle at least.
Shaggy
Member
Looks like next big round for eastern NC may shift over to the highway 17 corridor.
hrrr/hrrrv4 show a nice MCS Friday 
smast16
Member
This water in my basement isn't a cause for concern is it?
blueheronNC
Member
I’d hate to be the person in western Bertie County NC banking on rain from this and ending up with a chill 0.25”.
Barring some extra rain, 3.67" looks to be the total here
Severe Thunder Storm Warnings being issued in NC
Shaggy
Member
Impossible. Thought there was no severe threat?
iGrey_X
Member
6.76” here in northern Spartanburg County. Yesterday was 48 degrees with a NNE wind at 15 mph for most of the day and consistent rain. Even when the radar was clear we still had rain.
Thankfully all those storms just south-east of Charlotte should have more eastward progression as upper level low ticks East. No more tilting the rain back north/west.
Wouldn't be surprised to see the sun shortly. Probably one last line of storms for this area later today.
Shaggy
Member
Sun !!!!
CraggyRider
Member
Still no sun here but hoping. Storm total of 5.2" IMBY.
Warming up! I think they should cancel the flood watch from Charlotte to Boone. Those East of Charlotte still has some storms to track they slow mover not sure if they reach GSO-RAL but could.
There’s actually some support for a tornado or two down East this afternoon. Esp south of Raleigh to the coastal counties.
Wedge eroding for many but it’s safe in this instance for western NC down to Charlotte. No models depict development of storms as the system has focused well East of the area with the heavier rains and lightning.
EastAtlwx
Meteorologist
Who is the warning coordinator for the GSP WFO? I swear they warn for arguably general thunderstorms, what’s more concerning is the excessive sizes of the polygons, lol
Paging @iso
Sitting under this line that is training through eastern Union County, NC...have had another . 5” in the last 20 minutes. 7.7” total
Possible tornado mentioned in the Warning.
Getting some back building
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Doppler radar rainfall estimates exceeding 15” in Union and Anson counties just SE of Charlotte.
Glad it’s there and not over Charlotte wow there would be serious issues. I wonder what went wrong today with lack of rain further west, they still got that flash flood watch but nothing is happening?
The axis of the rain the last couple of days has been very isolated to a degree. For instance, here in the Midlands, we were supposed to have our wettest day of this rain stretch yesterday. Instead, most areas only saw 0.10-0.50 in the immediate Columbia area. We were supposed to get 1-2 inches of rain. They even extended the flash flood watch into this area, but nothing really materialized. So really, who ever got hit, got hit hard. But everyone else probably had around 2-4 inches of rain. My location has got 2.60 from this entire event.
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment
Member
As much as it’s rained here this week it would only take about 3 sprinkles to flood even more areas. Probably why they still have those hoisted.