Upper jet dynamics associated with a 80 to 90 kt jet max combined with surface heating triggered thunderstorms across central and western portions of the piedmont.
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Upper jet dynamics associated with a 80 to 90 kt jet max combined with surface heating triggered thunderstorms across central and western portions of the piedmont.
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 Jun 11, 2:32 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 332 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE EAST COAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSETTLED WEATHER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SCATTERED CONVECTION PRESENTLY ONGOING ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF VA AND THE CAROLINAS. CONVECTION DEVELOPED NEAR THE INSTABILITY AXIS/THETA-E RIDGE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND W PIEDMONT AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SE. WET BULB ZERO VALUES FOR A MODIFIED GSO SOUNDING WERE RIGHT AROUND 9K FT AND WEAK SHEAR SUGGESTS PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE HAIL. NUMEROUS HAIL REPORTS RECEIVED FROM WFOS CAE/GSP/RNK. MAIN THREAT OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE VA BORDER COUNTIES AS THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL VA SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH TOWARD NORTHERN NC. PLAYED UP POPS ACROSS SW AND N ZONES THIS EVENING WITH LOW CHC POPS IN THE SE. DONT EXPECT A LOT OF CLEARING SO RAISED MIN TEMPS TONIGHT TOWARD THE UPPER END OF GUIDANCE. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BUILDS SLOWLY WEST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH FALLING HEIGHTS OVER NC THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ROTATE TROUGH THE TROUGH AXIS WITH ONE APPROACHING W NC TUESDAY AFTN AND ANOTHER WED AFTN. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT CONVECTION TO FIRE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE MODERATE INSTABILITY BUT LOW WET BULB ZERO VALUES SUGGEST AT LEAST A LIMITED HAIL THREAT. BEST COVERAGE FOR CONVECTION SHOULD RANGE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA. WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS TOWARD THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 80 ON TUES AND WED WITH SOME MODERATION ON THURSDAY. CLOUDINESS SHOULD KEEP MIN TEMPS MODERATED AS WELL. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN AT THE SURFACE WILL DOMINATE THE PERIOD. WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S AND NO LARGE SCALE TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION IN THE LOWER LEVELS... RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE SMALL AND CONFINED MAINLY TO THE AFTERNOONS. NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. MID LEVEL RIDGING APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE PERIOD AND A WARMING TREND ENSUES. AFTERNOON HIGHS 90 TO 95 BY MONDAY. MORNING LOWS WARM AS WELL...WITH UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S BY MONDAY MORNING. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ALTHOUGH CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AT ANY OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE BETTER COVERAGE IS MORE LIKELY IN THE WEST. HAVE LIMITED ANY THUNDERSTORM MENTION TO GREENSBORO AND WINSTON- SALEM AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION SHOULD END A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG A FEW HOURS BEFORE DAWN WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. SCATTERED CUMULUS DEVELOP BEFORE NOON TUESDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BLAES NEAR TERM...BLAES SHORT TERM...BLAES LONG TERM...RLH AVIATION...RLH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 509 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-120915- 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- 509 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 NCZ022-112015- GUILFORD- 322 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 322 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTH OF LAKE TOWNSEND...OR ABOUT OVER STONEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LAKE TOWNSEND AROUND 410 PM EDT...MONTICELLO AROUND 415 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. VINCENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 327 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 NCZ007-023-024-112030- ALAMANCE-ORANGE-PERSON- 327 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PERSON AND NORTHERN ALAMANCE AND ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 327 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM AND CASWELL COUNTIES...ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ALTAMAHAW...OR ABOUT OVER CAMP SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ALTAMAHAW AROUND 410 PM EDT... UNION RIDGE AROUND 420 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VINCENT
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down at the Country Hills Golf Club by 60 mph winds.
Winds in excess of 60 mph winds blew down over a dozen trees throughout the Winston-Salem city limits.
Several trees were reported down on Liberty Street and Highway 52.
A two story home in the Tredegar subdivision sustained heavy damage when it was hit by lightning and caught on fire. The entire second floor was damaged.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in the area.
A tree fell on a house on Hudson Road causing significant roof damage.
Damaging winds blew the roofs off several barns in the Welcome and Midway areas.
Spotters reported numerous large trees down.
Trees were reported down in the town of Mechanic.
Quarter size hail was reported near Lassiter Mill.
Law enforcement reported several trees down in the Lexington area.
Penny size hail was reported near the Nutbush Recreational Area.
Several trees were reported down in the area.
Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down along Eldorado Road and Billhen Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2007
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: 26453, 26441, 26442, 26443, 26444, 26454, 26455, 37977, 26465, 26466, 26467, 26445, 26468, 26469, 26447, 26446, 26448, 26470, 26450, 26471, 26472, 26451, 26452.