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Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0630
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
308 PM EDT Wed Jul 09 2025
Areas affected...South-Central North Carolina through North
Florida
Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible
Valid 091907Z - 100050Z
Summary...Widespread showers and thunderstorms will continue to
drift slowly across the area through this afternoon. Rainfall
rates of 2-3"/hr are likely, which could produce 2-4" of rain with
locally higher amounts. This may result in flash flooding.
Discussion...The experimental GOES-E day-cloud microphysics RGB
clearly indicates the breadth of convection across coastal GA and
SC this afternoon. Widespread and rapid blossoming of updrafts
into anvils are noted in the satellite imagery, which is
collocated with expansive reflectivity above 40dbZ on the regional
radar mosaic. The quickness with which updrafts surge into Cb is
indicative of the extreme environment, characterized by SBCAPE
eclipsing 4000 J/kg and PWs measured by GPS exceeding 2.25 inches
which is above the 90th percentile and approaching daily records.
Into these thermodynamics, forcing for ascent is being driven by a
pair of vorticity maxima approaching the region beneath increasing
upper diffluence from the distant tail of a jet streak positioned
to the northeast. Additionally, the sea breeze boundary and
resulting outflow boundaries from convection are providing
low-level ascent to sustain and regenerate thunderstorms.
The 12Z U/A sounding from both KCHS and KJAX measured freezing
levels around 15,500 ft, with weak and chaotic winds of 10kts or
less through most of the column. This indicates that efficient
warm-rain processes will dominate today, with slow and chaotic
cell motions also expected. This is clearly evident already, and
recent radar-estimated rain rates have exceeded 2"/hr from KCLX,
leading to MRMS measured 1-hr rainfall above 2.5" in isolated
locations over southeast GA. As low-level flow converges across
the area, with increasing PW advection surging onshore (as
reflected by the sfc-850mb CIRA LPW percentiles), and ascent
persists into the additional moistening, rainfall rates will
continue to intensify, with widespread rates above 2"/hr likely,
and brief 4"/hr rates possible as shown on the HRRR 15-min
rainfall reaching 1" in spots. Although bulk shear will be minimal
so storms will remain of the pulse variety, collisions and mergers
of cells could cause additional development into clusters at
times. With weak flow throughout the column, storm motions will be
chaotic and slow as dictated by these collisions/outflows, and
upwind propagation vectors into any clusters collapse to around 0
kts suggesting net stationary motion at times. Where this occurs,
total rainfall will likely (60%) exceed 3", with as much as 5"
possible (15%) in a few locations.
Although some parts of the coastal plain have received heavy rain
the past 7 days, it has been very scattered, and NASA SPoRT 0-10cm
soil moisture is generally normal to below normal. This has
resulted in FFG that is generally 3-4"/3hrs, although likely lower
across any urban areas. Despite that, 3-hr FFG exceedance
probabilities reach as high as 20-30%, further indicating the
potential for instances of flash flooding due to these slow moving
storms into the evening.
Weiss
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