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Est. 20,000 people without power across Forsyth and Guilford counties now.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-storms-090928,0,5825108.story

9/28/2009 6:01:22 PM

Rain and thunder off Harrison

9/28/2009 7:17:07 PM

I'm skurrd

9/28/2009 7:18:54 PM

Baby it's cold outside.

9/28/2009 7:21:07 PM

Apparently I-40 is fucked up west of Chapel Hill.

9/28/2009 7:22:54 PM

yay i think my skylight is still leaking too

9/28/2009 7:24:32 PM

cuddle weather!

where is the catfish

9/28/2009 7:24:57 PM

wow it's pretty brutal here off of cary parkway by US1

9/28/2009 7:32:50 PM

shit gettin dark over here in knightdale

9/28/2009 7:33:42 PM

^its because its after sunset.
But the storm might make it darker...

9/28/2009 7:38:16 PM

no rain, but the wind put a sizeable limb on the carport :-\

9/28/2009 7:39:11 PM

tomorrow it should be raining

11/9/2009 11:20:07 AM

damn its been this long without good storms

11/9/2009 1:47:50 PM

what up Ida

11/9/2009 1:56:55 PM

it has been long

11/9/2009 2:06:23 PM

I really hope it doesn't rain tomorrow... I just had my car cleaned

11/9/2009 2:48:52 PM

Quote :

" URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 791 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 700 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM UNTIL 400 AM EST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 789...WW 790... DISCUSSION...BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING/MOISTENING EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVE/EARLY THU OVER THE NC CSTL PLN...AHEAD OF BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS/TSTMS NOW EXTENDING FROM W OF FLO SSW TO NEAR SAV. GIVEN DESTABILIZING LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT...THE CONVECTION MAY INCREASE OVER FAR ERN SC AND ERN NC LATER THIS EVE/EARLY THU AS REGION IS GLANCED BY WAVE OF ASCENT/DPVA ASSOCIATED WITH ERN TN SHORTWAVE TROUGH. VERY STRONG AND VEERING WIND PROFILES AND ABSENCE OF STRONG LINEAR FORCING SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS WITH LOW LVL ROTATION...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE STRONG TORNADOES. "

[Edited on December 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM. Reason : ]

12/2/2009 8:30:44 PM

Quote :

".. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 200 AM... A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL PRODUCE PERIODIC GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF 30 TO 35 MPH OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 200 AM. THE RAIN WITH THIS STORM HAS SOFTENED THE SOIL... LEADING TO WEAKENED TREE ROOT SYSTEMS. ISOLATED REPORTS OF TREES DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BRANCHES MAY ALSO SNAP OFF AND MAY CAUSE POWER LINES TO FALL. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY INSIDE IN A SAFE PLACE TONIGHT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE TONIGHT."

this is for guilford county fyi

but pls do not let any trees fall on my head while i sleep or the power go out. waking up in the dark is slightly terrifying.

12/2/2009 11:18:30 PM

Hence why I drove the truck into work instead of taking the motorcycle and even in the truck I was getting tossed around a bit.

12/3/2009 12:20:47 AM

right now

12/9/2009 7:06:05 AM

nice little 7 am BOOOM to wake me up and remind me I'm getting sick

12/9/2009 7:43:19 AM

supposed to be crazy windy today

12/9/2009 7:51:39 AM

^^yeah, i woke up at 7AM to that too.. probably the loudest thing i've ever heard. I figured it hit right near my house but a guy I work with that lives about a mile away said it woke him up too and was loud as shit.

12/9/2009 7:54:24 PM

we had crazy amounts of wind in charlotte today. still a little windy tonight

12/9/2009 8:07:03 PM

lots of damn wind. i hope my shingles stay in place.

12/9/2009 8:10:37 PM

wow, where do you guys live who heard the thunder at 7am? i'm in Cary near Cary Towne Center and heard it like it was at my front door

12/9/2009 8:22:50 PM

STRONG WINDS OFF KAPLAN

12/9/2009 8:26:04 PM

^^I'm off trinity (medfield), my friend is on like NE Maynard & Gregory Dr., so if you're down by the mall at SE Maynard... i wonder where it really hit

12/9/2009 9:02:37 PM

i'm off of Seabrook near Cary Parkway

[Edited on December 9, 2009 at 9:06 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2009 9:05:34 PM

i'm off of kaplan

12/9/2009 9:07:10 PM

It's really fucking windy here in Atlantic Beach.

12/9/2009 9:07:39 PM

good thing i was gone all day cause its so windy a giant branch was down in my parking spot when i got home

that would have sucked to say bye bye to car!

12/9/2009 9:07:50 PM

^^im in that area and didnt hear that at all!!

i was also nursing a bit of hangover so i may have been out cold

12/9/2009 9:07:52 PM

anybody get absolutely drenched going to exams this morning?

i hate taking tests with wet socks

12/9/2009 9:14:18 PM

I hear thunder

1/17/2010 4:45:46 PM

I see lightning.

1/17/2010 4:47:14 PM

THANDUR OFF KAPLAN GUYZE

1/17/2010 4:47:27 PM

THUNDER!

1/17/2010 4:51:28 PM

THUNDER OFF SIX FORKS!

1/17/2010 4:51:58 PM

BLADOW

1/17/2010 4:52:01 PM

THUNDER OFF OBERLIN

1/17/2010 4:53:07 PM

THUNDER OFF TRAILWOOD

1/17/2010 4:54:18 PM

IT GON SNOW

1/17/2010 4:54:23 PM

THUNDA AT DAN ALLEN!

1/17/2010 4:55:32 PM

1/17/2010 4:56:19 PM

THUNDA OFF WESTERN

I SEEN IT

[Edited on January 17, 2010 at 5:33 PM. Reason : .]

1/17/2010 5:32:34 PM

SNOW IN 10 DAYS

1/17/2010 6:32:37 PM

FLOODING IN 11 DAYS.

1/17/2010 6:54:20 PM

There is already flooding at my house.

1/17/2010 6:55:48 PM

FLOODING NOW!

1/17/2010 7:04:48 PM