FLUS42 KRAH 051905 HWORAH HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 305 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NCZ028-042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-061000- EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 305 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... MAINLY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR THE SC BORDER LATER TONIGHT... THEREBY ENDING ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ALSO... LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS THIS EVENING. $$ NCZ007>011-021>027-038>041-061000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- 305 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION REMAINS VERY MOIST...INSTABILITY IS WEAK. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE STORMS APPEARS TO BE WANING. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION TONIGHT. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS...THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALLY EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS THIS EVENING. $$