2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 356 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130800- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 356 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY WESTERN SECTIONS... THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... HOWEVER NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE RISK OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL PERSIST. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 212 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 NCZ042-043-078-121915- JOHNSTON-WAYNE-WILSON- 212 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WILSON...JOHNSTON AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 212 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MICRO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTONVILLE...MOVING INTO WAYNE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KENLY...WATSON CROSSROADS...LUCAMA...FREMONT...BLACK CREEK...AND GOLDSBORO. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO SAFETY. INSTEAD...MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. DGS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to penny size hail was reported near the intersection of State Route 581 and Harrell Store Road.
Golfball size hail was reported along with a downed tree on Route 561 and Tanner Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5471031, 5471032.