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Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1143 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

Johnston NC-Franklin NC-Harnett NC-Wake NC-Granville NC- Cumberland NC- 1143 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HARNETT...SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...WAKE...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EST...

At 1142 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Raleigh to 9 miles northwest of Pope AFB. Movement was northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Cary, Louisburg, Lillington, Wake Forest, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Dunn, and Zebulon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
 
As much as I’d like to see 17.3 inches of snow fall on Franklin County just to see rotowa’s reaction, that “forecast” is highly unlikely to happen.

For years, several New Jersey car dealerships have offered free cars to anyone who comes in for a test drive if Central Park receives 24” of snow in 24 hours. It’s not happened.

Warren/Halifax/Northampton Counties are not getting 23.9” of snow on the 23rd.
 
Zoo_View said:
As much as I’d like to see 17.3 inches of snow fall on Franklin County just to see rotowa’s reaction, that “forecast” is highly unlikely to happen.

For years, several New Jersey car dealerships have offered free cars to anyone who comes in for a test drive if Central Park receives 24” of snow in 24 hours. It’s not happened.

Warren/Halifax/Northampton Counties are not getting 23.9” of snow on the 23rd.
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ZenMode said:
I'm pretty sure there was a tornado warning in SF earlier this year.
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If so, I stand corrected. Just going by reports I read.

FTR, Wikipedia says there was a tornado in San Francisco in 1891 (but presumably no warning b/c there was no NWS). Also one near an airport in the 1950s and this in the area:

“December 23, 1996 – There were two tornadoes in the San Francisco area. The first was a waterspout that moved ashore Tomalesin Marin County, becoming an F1 twister that remained on the ground for six miles (9.7 km). It destroyed a large barn and knocked down power lines and trees. The other tornado was an F0 in Solano County, which injured a jogger who was flung into a fence”
 
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ZenMode said:
Checked, because I am a getting old and my mind fails me on occasion... :D

Update: Bay Area Tornado Warning Was First In 13 Years, Weather Service Says​

By Bay City News Service
March 2, 2024

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That isn’t San Francisco. That is down in Monterrey/Gilroy. The one 13 years earlier was in South San Francisco which is down by the airport in San Mateo county. As you know, San Francisco Bay Area (which encompasses nine counties) is not the same as the city of San Francisco.
 
farce© said:
That isn’t San Francisco. That is down in Monterrey/Gilroy. The one 13 years earlier was in South San Francisco which is down by the airport in San Mateo county. As you know, San Francisco Bay Area (which encompasses nine counties) is not the same as the city of San Francisco.
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Got it. Whenever I see a reference to Bay area, I assume that includes San Francisco.
 
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