The is the warning the National Weather Service sent out AFTER I had started riding home on my bike yesterday. Apparently the storm generated right over the city because there was only a few pop-up showers showing up on radar when I left my office and headed to my bike. Needless to say, it was an "invigorating" ride home. A bunch of trees blew down, some in my neighborhood.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
454 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...LOUISBURG...WAKE FOREST...GARNER...CLAYTON...
ZEBULON...FRANKLINTON...BAILEY...BUNN...RDU INTERNATIONAL...
MORRISVILLE...KNIGHTDALE...WENDELL...ROLESVILLE...KENLY...SPRING
HOPE...YOUNGSVILLE...MIDDLESEX AND SIMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
454 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...LOUISBURG...WAKE FOREST...GARNER...CLAYTON...
ZEBULON...FRANKLINTON...BAILEY...BUNN...RDU INTERNATIONAL...
MORRISVILLE...KNIGHTDALE...WENDELL...ROLESVILLE...KENLY...SPRING
HOPE...YOUNGSVILLE...MIDDLESEX AND SIMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.