1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 May 14, 3:05 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 405 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... GRIDS/FORECAST WILL BE LATE DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY. HOPE TO BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 530 PM EDT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... && .AVIATION... && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RHJ/WSS LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...RHJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 607 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-151015- 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- 607 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND A STRONG JET STREAM ALOFT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL ENERGIZE A COLD FRONT AS IT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND CROSSES CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ADD TO AN ALREADY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING EARLY TODAY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. BUT A MORE VIGOROUS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM TO OUR WEST AND SOUTHWEST EARLY AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BEFORE 5 PM AND THROUGH THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN BEFORE 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL. STRONG...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF...INCLUDING THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MAINLY BETWEEN 100 PM AND 800 PM. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THREATENING WEATHER OF ANY KIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 21
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
651 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 15 N RALEIGH 36.03N 78.64W
05/14/2006 WAKE NC PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY PUBLIC NEAR WAKEFIELD PLANTATION
AT PENROSE TRAIL.
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BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
704 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM HAIL APEX 35.73N 78.85W
05/14/2006 E1.00 INCH WAKE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
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BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
712 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL 1 N APEX 35.74N 78.85W
05/14/2006 E1.75 INCH WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR US 64 AND LAKE PINE.
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BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM HAIL CARY 35.78N 78.80W
05/14/2006 E0.75 INCH WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CARY.
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BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
723 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 PM HAIL RALEIGH 35.81N 78.64W
05/14/2006 M1.00 INCH WAKE NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
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BSDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
727 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FUNNEL CLOUD HOLLY SPRINGS 35.66N 78.84W
05/14/2006 WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED IN HOLLY SPRINGS AT EARP ST. AND
RALEIGH ST.
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BSDThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
STORM SURVEY FOUND WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE BEGINNING AT INTERSECTION OF DALRMPLE AND SALEM CHURCH ROAD...CONTINUE NE THROUGH A HEAVILY WOODED AREA...LIFTING JUST BEFORE COPELAND ROAD. THERE WAS ONLY MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
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 historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2006Warnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5506615.