It took most of the afternoon but finally what had been predicted as being a day when lots of folks in central NC would get rain and storms occurred. If you were out and about after 6pm you might have noticed some cloudiness beginning to develop. These clouds had great depth in the vertical to them which means they are trying to develop into storms. Wake Forest was first in on the action with a severe storm that brought down a few trees including one on a powerline. Then with the approach of more organized storms from the NW, very heavy rain, lightning and wind occurred all across Wake, Chatham, Orange, Franklin and points north and west. Penny size hail was reported by trained storm spotters at US64 and Jordan Lake as well as at Miami Blvd in Durham. Areas further south and west have not seen much if at all as of this post. Places to our east have seen some activity but that also appears to be not as widespread.
Looking at Doppler Radar estimates of rainfall there is a good area of widespread .50-1.50 inch rainfall amounts with some even close to 2 inches. RDU has seen .64 inches to this point. Currently there is still showers and storms going on back to our NW but these appear to stay north of the area, but there is an upper atmospheric impulse approaching so there could still be some redevelopment even at this late hour. As far as tomorrow, there remains questions on how much moisture will remain for storms when a strong cold front will rush through the area. Much cooler and less humid weather is on tap for Tuesday.
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