Round 2 is here. Special weather statement here til 0515 EDT but no warnings in #ncwx. Severe thunderstorm warning to the south in Chesterfield, Lee, Kershaw, Richland, and Sumter #scwx.
Mother Nature appears to be VERY interested in clobbering your car/roof/windows/head today, if you are in these colored areas. PURPLE!! (80% probability). #hail#WX
10:23 pm screen capture of Omega Radar radar KFCX, show a line of thunderstorms and heavy rain in a line from Henderson NC moving northeast into Staunton VA.
NOTE: Wakefield VA radar KAKQ is offline. Please plan accordingly as the line of storms moves further east.
8:28 pm EDT Screen capture of Radar Omega Radar KFCX showing line of thunderstorms approaching Roanoke VA down past Greensboro NC.
NOTE: Wakefield Radar KAKQ Appears to be offline. Plan accordingly as these storms head east!
6:15 pm EST Radar Omega screen capture of heavy rain to severe storms coming into Columbia, SC. Looks like some of this may have hit / is continuing to hit the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
Severe weather warnings on the East Coast are over the top. The yellow here are tornado watches -- have never seen so many at once. Orange is Severe Thunderstorm warnings. Wind warnings, flood advisories, flash flood warnings... you name it. #NCwx#SCwx#FLwx#GAwx#VAwx
Summary...An uptick in heavy rainfall intensity is expected this afternoon as an upper level jet streak approaches the region. Hourly rain totals up to 1.5" with local amounts up to 3" are possible over saturating soils.
Summary...1-2"/hr rainfall rates to increase in coverage,
resulting in localized totals of 4-8" over the next 6 hours.
Isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding are likely, and
some instances of flash flooding may be significant (especially
combined with coastal flooding along the SC coastline).
Mesoscale Discussion 2325
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1136 AM CST Sun Dec 10 2023
Areas affected...Portions of central North Carolina into far south-central Virginia
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible
Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent
SUMMARY...Severe risk is evolving over portions of central North Carolina into far south-central Virginia this afternoon. Brief tornadoes and/or damaging gusts are the main concern.