On the afternoon and evening of June 23rd isolated pulse severe thunderstorms developed over the eastern piedmont and northern coastal plain.
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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 episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
On the afternoon and evening of June 23rd isolated pulse severe thunderstorms developed over the eastern piedmont and northern coastal plain.
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 23, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 325 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS... UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON...PASSING EAST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM MONDAY... EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NC...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTED AN AREA OF DRIER AIR ALOFT CROSSING WESTERN NC LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. 12Z GSO SOUNDING LIKELY SAMPLED SOME OF THIS DRIER AIR ABOVE 600MB. DRIER AIR HAS MIXED TO THE SURFACE IN THE NW PIEDMONT WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID/UPPER 50S. MEANWHILE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION AT 18Z. NEEDLESS TO SAY....INSTABILITY AXIS LIES EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 WITH LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE BEGINNING TO INCREASE EAST OF THE DEWPOINT GRADIENT. MIXED LAYER CAPES PROGGED TO BE 1000-1500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. UPSTAIRS...DECENT VORT MAX CROSSING THE MID MS VALLEY/TN VALLEY PROGGED TO INCREASE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES 6.5-7.25 DEG C/KM THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...WE WILL BE IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE OF 90-100KT JET EXITING OFF THE DELMARVA. WITH THE STRONGER THAN NORMAL DYNAMICS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WILL LIKELY SEE MORE THAN NORMAL NUMBER OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WITH THE MAIN THREAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. DYNAMICS BEGIN TO WANE AFTER 03Z-06Z WEST-TO-EAST...SO WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH POPS IN SIMILAR PATTERN. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 325 PM MONDAY... L/W TROUGH LIFTS NE TUE. RISING MID/UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS AND ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE WILL DRY OUT AND STABILIZE ATMOSPHERE TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...ABUNDANT SUN AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES IN THE 1410S SUGGEST MAX TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S/AROUND 90. FOR WED/THU...MID AND UPPER AIR PATTERN SIGNAL POTENTIAL FOR HOT TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION. THE W-E ORIENTATION AND STRENGTH OF THE H7 AND H5 RIDGE AND THE POSITION OF THE 250MB ANTI CYCLONE NEAR OR WEST OF THE REGION ARE STRONG INDICATORS FOR MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. FORTUNATELY...850MB TEMPS HOVER IN THE 16-18 DEG C RANGE WED...THEN WARM TO NEAR 20 DEG C THU. BASED ON THIS AND THICKNESSES IN THE 1420S WED...AND 1430-1435 THU...WILL LEAN FORECAST MAX TEMPS TO LOW/MID 90S WED....AND SOLIDLY IN THE MID 90S (POSSIBLY UPPER 90S) THU. DEWPOINTS EACH AFTERNOON UNDERNEATH RIDGE SHOULD LOWER INTO THE 50S WED AND NEAR 60 THU. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 240 PM MONDAY... LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER SE U.S. WILL CAUSE HOT/MUGGY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NC FRI INTO SAT. EXPECT TO SEE A MODEST INCREASE IN AFTERNOON CONVECTION FRI INTO SATURDAY AS SLY FLOW ON TH BACK SIDE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH PULLS TROPICAL AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. FRO SUN INTO MON...DETERMINISTIC MEDIUM RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO SUGGEST SOME AMPLIFICATION OF L/W TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. HOWEVER, THE EXPECTED TIMING DIFFERENCES AND DEGREE AMPLIFICATION EXIST. WITH TROPICAL AIR MASS IN PLACE AND POTENTIAL FOR LOWERING HEIGHTS OVER THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY...SHOULD SEE A BIT MORE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS FOR NOW AS THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME TO FINE TUNE. MODEL SOLUTIONS PAINT DRIER AIR MASS OVERHEAD MON AS L/W TROUGH EDGES EAST. THIS IS LIKELY PREMATURE WITH POTENTIAL FOR MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. HOWEVER WE RE TALKING BOUT DAY 7 SO WILL KEEP POPS AOB 20%. MAX TEMPS WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY SUN/MON DUE TO PRESENCE OF TROUGH ALOFT. BEFORE THEN....MAX TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 200 PM MONDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN NC INTO UPSTATE SC AS OF 2 PM WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS THROUGH 6 PM REACHING THE VCTY OF FAY BY 4 PM. CONVECTION SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP AND APPROACH RDU BY 4PM AND RWI BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 40KT WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITY ALONG WITH SOME NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL. THERE IS A DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND DEWPOINTS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S AT INT AND GSO. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT A LITTLE, HOWEVER GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF DYNAMICS IN PLACE THERE SHOULD STILL BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM 4 PM THROUGH 9 PM. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DOES NOT SWING THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL LATER TONIGHT AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A SECOND ROUND CONVECTION...AFTER 7 PM ESPECIALLY FROM RDU EAST TO FAY AND RWI. IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN ON A NORTHWEST WIND AFTER 3 AM AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT DESPITE SOME CLEARING SKIES. CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL BE ALL VFR WITH A LIGHT WEST WIND AND NO THUNDERSTORMS. -JO LOOKING AHEAD... THE LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL FINALLY MOVE OFFSHORE TUESDAY... AND ALLOW SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO EXPAND OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AND PROVIDE FOR MOSTLY CLEAR VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEEK.-MWS && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BLS NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...JO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 306 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ007>011-021>025-038>040-241915- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- 306 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. NCZ026>028-041>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-241915- FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE- LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 306 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 415 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ088-089-232100- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 415 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 415 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTOVER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH. THIS STORMS HAS PRODUCED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE ALONG RAMSEY STREET UP TO THE FAYETTEVILLE OUTER LOOP. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY PONDING ON PORTIONS OF RAMSEY STREET. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 95...THE FAYETTEVILLE OUTER LOOP AND HIGHWAY 301. MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EASTOVER...WADE. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. JO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 418 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ038-232045- DAVIDSON- 418 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 418 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCADIA...OR ABOUT OVER MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ARCADIA AROUND 425 PM EDT... WELCOME AROUND 430 PM EDT...THOMASVILLE AROUND 445 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... AND PEA SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 423 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ075-086-232115- HOKE-MOORE- 423 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MOORE AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PINEBLUFF...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORM INCLUDE...ASHLEY HEIGHTS... ABERDEEN...AND...PINEBLUFF. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... 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. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS... DUE TO THE SLOW MOTION OF THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. BSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 501 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ077-232200- HARNETT- 501 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 501 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER TIMBERLAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF FORT BRAGG...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LILLINGTON...ERWIN... AND...BUIES CREEK. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS DRIVING SOUTH OF LILLINGTON ALONG HIGHWAY 210 AND HIGHWAY 401 SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. JO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 520 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NCZ022-023-039-040-232215- ALAMANCE-CHATHAM-GUILFORD-RANDOLPH- 520 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN GUILFORD...ALAMANCE...RANDOLPH AND WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 520 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENSBORO TO 7 MILES WEST OF RANDLEMAN TO 3 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE RANDLEMAN... LIBERTY... SNOW CAMP... BURLINGTON... AND SILER CITY. MWS
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds caused structural damage to the roof of a barn.
Several trees were reported blown down across Scythe Road.
Numerous trees were reported blown down along Highway 49.
A tree was reported blown down across Dairyland Road between Dodsons Crossroads and Rocky Ridge Road.
Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near mile marker 164 on Interstate 95.
Penny size hail was reported along Highway 903 near Interstate 95.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 118103, 118104, 118105, 118106, 118107, 118108, 118109.