Central Atlantic Storm Investigators

Squall Line of Feb 22, 1997

Post Storm Investigaion (PSI)

The PSI for this weather event involved going over what weather images we had from the Internet, re-watching the video for captures of the LSI, and a Travelling PSI which took us to the intersection of I-40 and Hwy 42 south of Raleigh.


Storms Move Into Central NC 6:50PM
Raleigh Nexrad 7:30 PM: Squall Line Approaches
Raleigh Nexrad 7:58 PM: Top of Line Reaches HQ
The Severe Prediction Comes True

Thunderstorm Warning Scrolls Under TWC Radar Showing Line Splitting in Two After 7pm
Top of the Line moves over HQ at 8PM
TWC Regional Radar: Squall Line Approaches
Top of the Line moves over HQ at 8PM

Thanks to the following companies for posting the images which allowed us to perform this investigation: TWC,WSI,AWC,UHawaii