1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 9:40 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS... THE 12Z GSO SOUNDING WAS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. AT 12Z/8TH... THE MAIN SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE PIEDMONT TROUGH EXTENDED ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA... WHILE A PREFRONTAL WIND SHIFT/SFC CONVERGENCE AXIS WAS NOTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN VIRGINIA... JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN COLD FRONT. LIGHTNING DATA SHOWS THAT THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS HAS AT LEAST IN PART LED TO THE DEMISE OF THE OLD CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS THE VA/WV MOUNTAINS. THOUGH THE FLOW IS WEST NORTHWESTERLY... TYPICALLY A DRY TRAJECTORY... AMPLE MOISTURE LIES UPSTREAM ACROSS KENTUCKY AND ILLINOIS.. WHERE PRECIPITABLE WATERS ACTUALLY INCREASE TO OVER 2 INCHES. THUS... DEEP MOISTURE SHOULD NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT INHIBITOR OF DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. ALOFT... A 5950 METER MID LEVEL RIDGE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI... WHICH HAS KEPT THE MAIN BELT OF THE WESTERLIES... AND THUS BEST SHEAR AND DPVA OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES AND NEW ENGLAND. HOWEVER... MODEST HEIGHT FALLS ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 30 METERS HAD OCCURRED OVER VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA... ON THE TAIL END OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITING NEW ENGLAND. && .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES APPEAR ON TRACK. FORECAST LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES AROUND 1432 METERS AND 850MB TEMPERATURES REMAINING AROUND 18 OR 19 DEGREES CELSIUS SHOULD TRANSLATE TO HIGHS 90 TO 94 FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AS FOR CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL... IT APPEARS THAT ISOLATED CELLS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE PIEDMONT TROUGH AND/OR THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH. THEN EXPECT MORE CONCENTRATED AND ORGANIZED ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MAIN SURFACE FRONT OVER SOUTHERN VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON... THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CURRENT POP GRIDS REFLECT THIS. CONCERNING SEVERE... MIXED LAYER CAPES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 J/KG WITH DIURNAL HEATING... WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR 20 TO 25 KNOTS. STEEP... DRY ADIABATIC LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND A THETA-E DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 DEGREES WILL ALLOW STORM CLUSTERS TO GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE COLD POOLS... THUS ENHANCING THE PERHAPS QUITE ORGANIZED DAMAGING WIND THREAT. SPC HAS ENTIRE CWA IN SLIGHT RISK IN SWODY1. CLOUD GRIDS WILL REFLECT INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS FROM REMNANT MCS OVER WESTERN VIRGINIA... SPREADING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY... THEN THINNING OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THEN WIDESPREAD CU DEVELOPMENT WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW CELLS INITIATE ON THE LEADING CLOUD EDGE/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY... IN ADDITION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CONVECTIVE FOCI. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 240 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006) SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... OVERALL... UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE WEST DURING THIS PERIOD RESULTING IN PERSISTENT WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. THUS WILL SEE WEAK IMPULSES TRICKLE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK TROUGH OVER THE AREA AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...MOVING THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. BOTH NAM/GFS SHOW WAVE FORMING ON BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AS IT PUSHES SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL SUPPRESS FRONT TO OUR SOUTH. FRONT WILL STALL NEAR SOUTHERN BORDER...BECOMING DIFFUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MODEL DIFFERENCES ON THURSDAY...AS GFS INDICATE DRIER CONDITIONS WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY/DEEP MOISTURE SUPPRESSED SOUTH/WEST OF AREA. S/W TROUGH QUITE WEAK. WHILE NAM INDICATING S/W TROUGH MOVING THROUGH AND SURFACE WAVE OVER THE AREA. SO FOR TODAY/TONIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EVENING HOURS. AIR MASS QUITE MOIST (PRECIPITABLE WATERS 2+) AND UNSTABLE. GFS A BIT STRONGER ON DYNAMICS AS INDICATING CAPES OVER 5000 WITH LIS -8/-9 WHILE NAM AROUND 2800 WITH LIS -4/-5. MOST LIKELY WILL SEE COLD FRONT MAKE A JUMP INTO TROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER COASTAL PLAIN. BOTH NAM/GFS INDICATING WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW AT 850...ALTHOUGH LIGHT. ALSO 850 TROUGH FAIRLY WEAK. THUS WILL NOT GO LIKELY ON POPS. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 50 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT...TAPERING OFF AFTER THAT. BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILL BE COASTAL PLAIN EASTWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH FRONT AND DEEPER MOISTURE SUPPRESSED SOUTH...WILL CONFINED MENTION OF SHOWERS/TSTMS TO SOUTHERN TIER ON WEDNESDAY. ON THURSDAY AS MENTIONED MODELS QUITE DIFFERENT. AT THIS POINT...WEAK DYNAMICS ENOUGH FOR WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION. LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CONSIDERABLE MODEL DIFFERENCES...SO DONT PLAN ANY CHANGES. CONTINUE BASICALLY SILENT 20 POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. AVIATION... MVFR/IFR FOG AND HAZE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NC THIS MORNING...MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY. WILL SEE CONDS IMPROVE TO VFR BY NOON IN MOST PLACES...ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE MVFR HAZE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SFC FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH WILL LIKELY ENHANCE CHANCE/COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH ACTIVITY MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 20Z-02Z AS FRONT ENTERS THE AREA DURING PEAK HEATING. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MWS SHORT TERM...MWS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 426 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-090830- 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- 426 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MOST LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HENDERSON...RALEIGH...SOUTHERN PINES TO LAURINBURG LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. RA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
916 AM EDT TUE AUG 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG TILLERY 36.25N 77.48W
08/07/2006 HALIFAX NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN ON SR1131, HWY 561, AND ON SHIELDS ROAD IN THE
TILLERY AREA.
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13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 925 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-082000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 925 AM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 ...STRONG STORMS TO AFFECT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ... A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH COMBINED WITH STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER AND MORE ORGANIZED AS A FRONT EXTENDING OVER THE VIRGINIAS AND KENTUCKY ADVANCES SOUTH INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS 2 PM NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA BORDER...SHIFTING SOUTH THROUGH THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH 10 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 304 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 NCZ021-022-038-082000- DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD- 304 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 ...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH... GUILFORD AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 304 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF BELEWS CREEK TO 30 MILES WEST OF DONNAHA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MADISON TO RONDA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS. 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. WSS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck 17 year old as he was removing clothes from a clothesline outside his home. He died several days later at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Moore | 2006-08-25 | 17 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2006
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5530077.