ENCWW wrote:
> >From: skywatch{at}cbiinternet.com (Tom Myers)
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Well my chase adventures proved to be a bust yesterday as all the severe
> weather stayed south and well north of me. About dark we had a cell that
> developed just SE of us that put out a good display of lightning. Here at HQ
> I received only 0.12" of rain with a couple of close lightning strikes late.
> Mark down near Wilmington also reported that they didn't have any
> threatening weather as of late last evening.
> >
> >I have enclosed a quick account of Jamie's chase which started in Charlotte
> about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. Jamie and Andrew's area of
> Charlotte-Mecklenburg Co. got pounded with a couple of storms during the
> afternoon and evening. WSOC-TV in Charlotte stayed on the air with a live
> weather cast for over 1/2 hour yesterday afternoon following the path of a
> hook echo on radar through Southeastern Mecklenburg Co. into neighboring
> Cabarrus and Stanly Counties. A lot of hail (reported up to golf ball size)
> was reported and gusty winds but no tornado sightings. Rock Hill just south
> of Charlotte received high winds and hail with alot of trees down and some
> damage to buildings.
> >
> >My brother Jon of Winston-Salem reported that there was hail and alot of
> lightning there with the storms. Two people were struck by lightning in
> Winston-Salem during the storms including a pregnant woman; luckily both
> survived. Winston is several miles southwest of Stoneville in Rockingham
> Co. where the deadly tornado hit during the afternoon. I followed the storms
> with my lightning tracker and the storms well north of me in Davie,
> Forsythe, Guilford, Stokes and Rockingham Counties put out a tremendous
> amount of lightening strikes throughout the afternoon.
> >
> >What a difference a day makes though; this morning we have light rain and
> its now down to 40 degrees with a Northwest wind of around 10 mph. Its
> really a raw, wet and chilly "winter-like" day.
> >
> >Have a good weekend and I hope that all you that live in Eastern NC did all
> right last night because I know there were tornado warnings everywhere and
> damage reported in Wake Co. but I haven't heard any other reports this morning.
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >From: jka2376{at}juno.com
> >
> >Tom,
> >
> >I don't think I can ever remember such a widespread, and damaging
> >outbreak here in the Carolinas. Typically we get a few storms that are
> >severe, but every one of those yesterday was severe or tornadic. Nor can
> >I remember seeing such excellent structure to the storms - they rivaled
> >the storms I saw in the Plains last spring. Here in east Charlotte we
> >were blasted by three separate storms, all of which produced hail to at
> >least dime size with the last storm producing a few golf ball size. I
> >managed to see the first storm, the first tornado warning for Mecklenburg
> >and Mint Hill, from an elevated golf coarse near my house. That thing
> >exploded - the mammatus was incredible, and shortly before the warning
> >was issued I saw what appeared to be a wall cloud. I then met up with
> >Andrew and we chased out to Albemarle, where again we saw dime and nickel
> >hail at 4:30, and again at 6:30. On our return trip we stopped to
> >observe lightning at a parking lot here in east Charlotte. At the bottom
> >of the parking lot, hail had been washed and drifted to over our knees -
> >that should make a good picture! With morning's light I can see the
> >Bradford Pear trees completely stripped of their leaves and blooms, and
> >there is even still a little hail piled up in places. What a day!!! I
> >will try to send a more detailed account of our chase as time permits.
> >
> >Jamie
> >
> >
>
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