I believe there were a number of storms throughout the summer of ‘99. Of course that set up a very saturated ground and full rivers in eastern NC before Dennis and Floyd came through back to back in September.
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May 2021 Discussion Thread
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And we have lightning already .. here we go 
One thing interesting about that ‘99 pattern is that it went into a 2nd year LaNina with the mild winter you would expect outside the 2-3 weeks in late January/early February that everyone remembers.
BHS1975
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We had like a week of 100 degree heat in 99.
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Those showers and storms are so close yet we have full sunshine right now .. a bit chilly with a breeze too ... is this the new summer? (Lol) but Fr these storms have to fire with the amount of clear air in their path
Probably going to start getting hail reports from the cell north of Durham soon
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Just chiming in to say I saw quite a few hail reports from the storms earlier this morning in/around the Sandhills. Thought I'd offer up my 2 cents:
BHS1975
Member
Wow this is a good way of explaining it ... I wonder what happens when you get under a heavy shower return ?
This should get interesting 
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
That's actually an extremely good guess, the 12z GSO sounding showed wet-bulb zero heights around 5000 feet. That's unusually low for this time of the year
Yeah pretty close around 800-825
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Freezing levels out there today in NC are on-par w/ what we typically see in the middle of winter.
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Better be thankful we don't have a ton of surface-based CAPE out there today, or we'd have gorilla hail everywhere.
Come on Webb just come back already ... we know u miss it ! Although you did get that 7 inch snow so late ...
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Life has just been super busy on my end of late
Much more coverage than expected
Had pea size hail