Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 12, 2008

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 12, 2008
Start: 2008-04-12T13:47
End: 2008-04-12T14:33
Location: North Carolina

April 12, 2008 · NWS RAH · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

A low topped mini-supercell developed when an line of convection moved along and across a surface boundary. The supercell produced large hail and a weak EF-0 tornado.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.

A low topped mini-supercell developed when an line of convection moved along and across a surface boundary. The supercell produced large hail and a weak EF-0 tornado.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 12, 1:10 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:10 PM EST, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
210 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY FOLLOWED BY A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH
COOLER AIR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
AREA FROM THE MIDWEST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1100 AM SATURDAY...

PREFRONTAL CONVECTION IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
WESTERN PIEDMONT THIS MORNING...FIRING ALONG THE MID-LEVEL DRY PUNCH
AND 50KT 850 JET THATS RACING EASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION. A FEED OF LOWER 60S DEWPOINT HAS ADVECTED NORTHWARD INTO THE
FORECAST AREA...RESULTING IN MARGINAL INSTABILITY ACROSS THE
WESTWARD PIEDMONT...AS MVFR CEILINGS HAS RETARDED MORNING HEATING.
THERE WAS A REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN NW FORSYTH COUNTY WITH THE
FIRST CELL OF THE DAY...WITH AN IMPRESSIVE WER SIGNATURE. THE CORE
OF THE STORM REMAINED SUSPENDED ALOFT AND MOVED TO THE NORTH INTO
STOKES AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...WHERE A SHARP INFLOW SIGNATURE
EVOLVED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM...WITH THE STORM EVENTUALLY
TAKING ON A BOW SIGNATURE...PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY.

THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AS SCATTERED CIRRUS CLOUDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR AMPLE HEATING
AND FURTHER DESTABILIZATION...AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER
70S TO LOWER 80S. 1000-850 THETA-E RIDGE AXIS OF NARROW MOISTURE
TONGUE SHIFTS EAST AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON. MODIFICATION OF THE 12Z
GSO SOUNDINGS AND RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST AOA 1000 J/KG OF
MLCAPE WITH 50 TO 60 KTS OF DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY LOOKS TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE US
1 CORRIDOR THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN PLACE.

TEMPORARILY CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT...BEFORE UPPER TROUGH DIGGS OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
MINS IN THE MID 40S NORTH TO L-50S SE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 240 AM SATURDAY...

THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CWA
EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE POP FROM AROUND I-95
EAST THROUGH 02Z. SKIES WILL BE CLEARING OVERNIGHT...BUT THE
INITIAL COOL DOWN WILL NOT BE DRAMATIC AS THE BULK OF THE COLDER
AIR IS STILL LINGERING TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE POSITIVELY TILTED
AND SLOWER MOVING UPPER TROF. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT TREND OF LOWS
SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MID 40S NORTHWEST TO LOW 50S SOUTHEAST.

THE UPPER TROF WILL ROTATE THROUGH ON SUNDAY ACCOMPANIED BY
NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPS...NEAR 60 NORTHWEST TO 70 SOUTHEAST. COLD
STRATOCUMULUS WILL BANK UP ON THE WESTERN SLOPES IN THE COLD
NORTHWEST FLOW AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME SPILLOVER INTO THE NORTHWEST
LATE IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL PROMOTE MIXING SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL
HELP PREVENT A DIURNAL CRASH...LOWS 38 TO 42.

COULD SEE INSTABILITY SHOWERS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE
UPPER TROF MOVES EAST DUE TO STRONG ENERGY DIGGING INTO THE
BACKSIDE OF THE TROF. THERE IS NOT A MODEL CONSENSUS ON THIS
YET...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE QUITE LIGHT. ALSO EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE STRATOCUMULUS IN PERTURBED FLOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS
WHICH WILL LIMIT INSOLATION. THIS POINTS TOWARDS A COOL DAY...IN
THE LOW TO MID 50S.

CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE TROF AXIS
MOVES OFFSHORE. A DEEP NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT
WHICH FUNNELS EVEN COLDER AIR INTO THE STATE. FORTUNATELY...GRADIENT
WINDS WILL NOT ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO DECOUPLE AND TEMPS WILL
REMAIN IN THE MID 30S RANGE...WITH WINDS PREVENTING FROST FORMATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...

THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH MODELS SHOWING A LARGE AMPLITUDE TROUGH ALONG
THE EAST COAST EXITING EAST AND A SHARP RIDGE MOVING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY.  THIS RESULTS IN SURFACE RIDGE AXIS FROM THE DELTA REGION TO
THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TRANSLATING EAST ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS
TUE THROUGH TUE NIGHT WITH A DIMINISHING DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS
CENTRAL NC TUE INTO WED AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS BOTH
DAYS IN THE 60S AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE 30S.

FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE PERIOD...MODELS DIFFER TO SOME EXTENT ON
THE INTENSITY AND MOVEMENT OF A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST.  THIS WILL HAVE SOME BEARING ON HOW QUICKLY THE UPPER RIDGE
DRIFTS OVERHEAD AND HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES WARM IN CENTRAL NC.  IN
ANY CASE...CONDITIONS APPEAR TO REMAIN DRY AND MOSTLY CLEAR DURING
THE PERIOD.  HIGH SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 70S THU AND POSSIBLY REACH
80 FRI AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE 40S THU AND LOWER 50S FRI.  -RFG

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM SATURDAY...

A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE FOOTHILLS REGION OF NORTH
CAROLINA...WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH BY 06Z. PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
ALREADY MOVED EAST OF THE TRIAD...INCLUDING THE WESTERN TAF SITES OF
KINT AND KGSO. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...MOVING
EAST OF THE AREA BY 21Z. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY WILL BE
POSSIBLE UNDERNEATH THE HEAVIER STORMS. IN THE MEANTIME...GUSTY SWLY
WINDS UP TO 30KTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE
CONVECTIVE LINE.

CEILINGS WILL LIFT TO VFR BEHIND THE CONVECTIVE LINE...WITH SKIES
SCATTERING OUT OVERNIGHT AS MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT MOVES OVER THE AREA.
WINDS WILL TURN WEST-NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...AS A TRAILING
TROUGH ALOFT WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS LATE SUNDAY
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 3 THSD
FT ON SUNDAY.

STRONG NW COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL COMMENCE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE AREA.  LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE PRODUCING MVFR CIG RESTRICTIONS IS POSSIBLE...WITH
 A FEW RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT
MOVES OVER THE AREA.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RFG
NEAR TERM...CBL
SHORT TERM...MLM
LONG TERM...RFG
AVIATION...CBL

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 1:19 PM EST, 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
219 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ010-011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-131000-
WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-
WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
219 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 202 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS
AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT... BUT HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

NCZ007>009-021>025-038>040-073>076-083-084-131000-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-
DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
219 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE REGION BY
4 OR 5 PM. WHERE THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCUR...EXPECT TO
RECEIVE CLOSE TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. IN
ADDITION...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 8:48 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
948 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 AM     HAIL             4 N LEWISVILLE          36.15N 80.41W
04/12/2008  E0.25 INCH       FORSYTH            NC   PUBLIC

            1 MINUTE DURATION

&&

RWH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 9:21 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1021 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ021-121500-
FORSYTH-
1021 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH 1100
AM EDT...

AT 1021 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PFAFFTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 56 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

RWH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 11:34 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1234 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ007-008-022>025-039-040-121715-
ALAMANCE-CHATHAM-DURHAM-GRANVILLE-GUILFORD-ORANGE-PERSON-RANDOLPH-
1234 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON... GUILFORD...
ALAMANCE...ORANGE...DURHAM... RANDOLPH...CHATHAM  AND WEST GRANVILLE
COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...

AT 1234 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT GROVE... TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ASHEBORO...MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SILER CITY AROUND 100 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

RWH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 12:18 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
118 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ008>010-025-026-041-121800-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WAKE-WARREN-
118 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
WARREN...GRANVILLE...VANCE...FRANKLIN...DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 2 PM EDT...

AT 118 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
STOVALL... TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DURHAM... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... KERR LAKE...SOUTH
HENDERSON...PURNELL...YOUNGSVILLE...WARRENTON...LOUISBURG.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

RWH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 12:43 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
143 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ075-077-084>086-088-089-121830-
CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-MOORE-RICHMOND-SAMPSON-SCOTLAND-
143 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...
HARNETT...MOORE...SAMPSON...CUMBERLAND...HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 143 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF ROCKINGHAM...TO NEAR ASHLEY
HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POPE AFB...AND...FORT
BRAGG...SPRING LAKE...AND...BONNIE DOONE...ANDERSON CREEK...AND...
TIMBERLAKE...LINDEN...AND...GODWIN...DUNN...AND...ERWIN.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

RWH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:04 PM EST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
204 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCZ027-041>043-121845-
JOHNSTON-NASH-WAKE-WILSON-
204 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NASH...WAKE...WILSON AND
JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
COATS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LINWOOD...EMIT...
AND...MIDDLESEX...BAILEY...AND...MIDDLESEX...SIMS...NEW HOPE...ELM
CITY.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

RWH

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Johnston

When: April 12, 1:47 PM EST
Where: Johnston County, 1.38 mi S of Four Oaks
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.430, -78.430

Tornado, Wayne

When: April 12, 2:12 PM EST to 2:15 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 3.58 mi NNW of Stevens Mill to 3.53 mi WSW of Rosewood
Rating: EF0
Path length: 0.44 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.400, -78.146

A brief EF-0 tornado touched down west of Princeton Road, just north of Old Smithfield Road, in the Oakland Community. The tornado blew in a garage down on a brick house. The roof of a mobile home was ripped off. Another mobile home rolled 20 yards across a field and struck a third mobile home. Finally, a forth mobile home was partially blown away from its foundation.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: April 12, 2:17 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 2.11 mi SSE of Nahunta
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.472, -78.055

Numerous trees were blown down at the intersection of Williams Road and Highway 581.

Tornado, Wayne

When: April 12, 2:22 PM EST to 2:23 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 2.83 mi W of Belfast to 1.93 mi W of Belfast
Rating: EF0
Path length: 0.92 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.434, -78.030

Law enforcement reported a tornado in a field.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: April 12, 2:23 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 0.69 mi N of Pikeville
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 35.510, -77.980

Numerous trees were blown down in the Pikeville area. Two large Oak trees fell onto a house, resulting in roof damage.

Funnel Cloud, Wayne

When: April 12, 2:33 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 1.78 mi SW of Hoodswamp
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.400, -77.900

A funnel cloud was reported at the intersection of Hood Swamp Road and Highway 13.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 90413, 90418, 90424, 90421, 90422, 90412.