Strong daytime heating in a very moist boundary layer supported scattered severe convection across southern and eastern portions of North Carolina. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts occurred along and east of Interstate 95.
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Strong daytime heating in a very moist boundary layer supported scattered severe convection across southern and eastern portions of North Carolina. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts occurred along and east of Interstate 95.
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 20, 2:10 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL HOLD OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TODAY... AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES SHIFTING OFFSHORE. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT... BRINGING INCREASINGLY UNSETTLED WEATHER THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 140 PM... BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH MAKING PROGRESS NORTH. WITH INCREASING WINDS AT 3000 FEET FROM THE SOUTH...THIS BOUNDARY MAY ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO PERSIST UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...WITH AREAS MOSTLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 STANDING A CHANCE FOR RAIN. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FEW SHOWERS SOUTH OF RALEIGH DISSIPATING AND WILL BE GONE BEFORE NOON. MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY TO MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER MIXING HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 9000 FEET AGAIN TODAY AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE CAPPED. SURFACE MOISTURE IS ON THE RISE WITH EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND SURFACE INSTABILITY PRESENT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAPPING WILL NOT BE OVERCOME AND WILL LEAVE MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DRY INTO THE LATE EVENING. IN THE SOUTHEAST... ENHANCEMENT OF THE SEABREEZE SHOWN ON THURSDAYS MODELS IS WEAKER TODAY AND IT APPEARS THAT IF THE SEABREEZE IS TO MAKE IT VERY FAR INLAND...IT WOULD BE LATE AFTERNOON AND NOT MUCH PAST FAYETTEVILLE AT BEST. MID LEVEL STEERING CURRENTS ARE VARIABLE BUT TENDING TO BE FROM THE WEST... WHICH WOULD PUSH ANY DEVELOPING STORMS BACK INTO THE MARINE AIR MASS. THUS WILL CONFINE RAIN CHANCES TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST. LATE EVENING INTO EARLY MORNING SHOULD BE DRY. AS SUNRISE APPROACHES A POSITIVELY TILTED 700 MILLIBAR TROUGH MOVES INTO TENNESSEE. THE 12Z MESONAM MODEL DEVELOPS A SHORT WAVE AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND DRIVES THIS INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT BEFORE DAWN SATURDAY. ONE IN THREE PRE SUNRISE RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE BUT MAY NEED TO BE RAISED ON THE AFTERNOON FORECAST. CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES WITH UPPER 80S TODAY AND ABOVE GUIDANCE UPPER 60S TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 PM FRIDAY... STILL APPEARS TO BE RATHER UNSETTLED THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY AS SERIES OF VORTICES ROUND BASE OF L/W TROUGH WHICH LIES ACROSS REGION. FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE RATHER WEAK BUT APPROACH OF MID/UPPER LEVEL S/W INTERACTING WITH THE MOIST (PRECIP WATER VALUES 1.5-1.7 INCHES)AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS SHOULD SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL BE ENHANCED AS H3 JET EXITS OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. ON SUNDAY...AXIS OF BETTER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL LIE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST REGION AS ANOTHER MID LEVEL TROUGH CROSSES THE REGION COUPLED WITH CONTINUED UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE FROM JET OFF THE DELMARVA. ON MONDAY...LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE IMPROVES AS SURFACE TROUGH SHARPENS IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER S/W (THOUGH STRONGER) APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ALSO...REGION IN FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF H3 JET PROJECTED TO LIE ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS WITH THE JET CORE OVER WESTERN PA/NY. WHILE ANY OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WIND PROFILE AND STABILITY FACTORS SUGGEST THAT ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS A POSSIBILITY MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES PROJECTED TO HOVER BETWEEN 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LIKELY. IF TRAINING OR SLOW MOVING ECHOES OCCUR (WHICH IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF WINDS ALOFT)...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL OCCUR. WENT WITH A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. FAVORED THE COOLER END OF GUIDANCE FOR SATURDAY BASED ON EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS AND POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO OCCUR AS EARLY AS MID/LATE MORNING. FOR SUN AND MON...POTENTIAL FOR SOME HEATING WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 210 PM FRIDAY... THE UPPER AIR PATTERN REMAINS INTACT THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SW U.S AND A L/W TROUGH OF VARYING DEGREES OF AMPLITUDE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. THIS SUGGEST TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER CONDITIONS FOR CENTRAL NC WITH WARM AFTERNOONS AND A THREAT OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION...GREATER ON SOME DAYS THAN OTHERS. TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...L/W TROUGH OVER REGION GRADUALLY WEAKENS LIFTS E-NE. BUILDING MID/UPPER HEIGHTS SUGGEST MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE SHOULD OCCUR...LEADING TO GENERALLY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS. ECMWF CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE SC COAST WED INTO THU. AT THIS TIME...SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH REMOVED FROM REGION TO PRECLUDE A MENTION OF CHANCE POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. VORTICES IN THE NORTHERN STREAM WILL AMPLIFY L/W TROUGH OVER THE REGION ONCE AGAIN THU INTO FRI. CURRENTLY...GUIDANCE PROJECTS BEST MID/UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. IF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DOES EXIST OFFSHORE BY THIS TIME...AMPLIFICATION OF TROUGH WILL EITHER STRENGTHEN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND DRIFT IT CLOSER TO SHORE OR LIFT SYSTEM MORE OFFSHORE. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ...WILL MAINTAIN POPS LESS THAN 20% FOR NOW AND SEE IF MODELS GAIN SOME CONSISTENCY. WITH L/W TROUGH IN VICINITY...EXPECT TEMPS TO BE CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR EARLY SUMMER. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 200 PM... BOUNDARY NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER NOW EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AS EVENING APPROACHES AND WILL SPREAD A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. PERIODS OF MOSTLY MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. MVFR CEILINGS ARE AGAIN A POSSIBILITY AS DAWN APPROACHES IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH IN TENNESSEE MOVES EAST... BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN CHANCES SPREADING EAST AFTER SUNRISE AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND...SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND BROAD TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL BRING AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (AND ASSOCIATED MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS) TO THE ENTIRE AREA ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BSD/LP NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...GIH LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NCZ007>011-021>027-038>041-211000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND EXPAND OVER ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... AREAS OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. NCZ028-042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-211000- EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 585 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND EXPAND OVER ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... AREAS OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NCZ085-086-202000- HOKE-SCOTLAND- 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 302 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST LAURINBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECT BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... EAST LAURINBURG... WAGRAM... AND ANTIOCH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ANTIOCH AROUND 400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 342 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NCZ073-074-083-202030- ANSON-MONTGOMERY-STANLY- 342 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTGOMERY... SOUTHEASTERN STANLY AND NORTHERN ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 342 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORWOOD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NORWOOD... MOUNT GILEAD... AND PEKIN. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...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. BSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 351 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NCZ075-077-088-202030- CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-MOORE- 351 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT...NORTHEASTERN MOORE AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 351 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER POPE AFB...OR ABOUT OVER FORT BRAGG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 16 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ANDERSON CREEK... SPRING LAKE... FORT BRAGG... AND TIMBERLAKE. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...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. BSD
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was reported down on Murchison Road in Spring Lake.
Penny size hail reported along NC Highway near Sandhill Road.
Penny size hail reported near NC Highway 27 and Autry Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2008
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: 116193, 116191, 116192.