Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2008
Start: 2008-06-27T14:40
End: 2008-06-27T19:56
Location: North Carolina

June 27, 2008 · NWS RAH · 8 events in 4 counties and zones

A few isolated severe thunderstorms developed across Central North Carolina along a weak front from near Winston Salem to Oxford and Halifax.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 few isolated severe thunderstorms developed across Central North Carolina along a weak front from near Winston Salem to Oxford and Halifax.

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 Jun 27, 2:08 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:08 PM EST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:11 AM EST, 11 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:50 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When: June 27, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Forsyth County, 1.31 mi ESE of Walkertown
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.170, -80.150

Power lines were reported knocked down in Walkertown.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When: June 27, 2:42 PM EST
Where: Forsyth County, 1.31 mi ESE of Lewisville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.090, -80.400

A tree was reported blown onto a house on Grinnell Street in Lewisville. Numerous power lines were also reported blown down in Lewisville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wake

When: June 27, 6:28 PM EST
Where: Wake County, 0.69 mi S of Millbrook
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 35.840, -78.620

A tree was blown down across the road at Winona Street near Falls of the Neuse Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: June 27, 7:16 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, 1.31 mi WNW of Stallings Xrds
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 36.110, -78.190

Several trees were reported blown down and across the road at the intersection of Swanson Road and White Level road.

Hail, Franklin

When: June 27, 7:20 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, 0.69 mi S of White Level
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.120, -78.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax

When: June 27, 7:45 PM EST
Where: Halifax County, Brinkleyville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.280, -77.850

A tree was reported blown down into the road at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 561.

Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax

When: June 27, 7:47 PM EST
Where: Halifax County, 2.15 mi SSW of Ringwood
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.190, -77.860

Numerous large trees were blown down at the intersection of White Oak Road and Fishing Creek Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax

When: June 27, 7:56 PM EST
Where: Halifax County, 3.42 mi ENE of Glenview
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.180, -77.760

A tree was reported blown down onto Interstate 95 near mile marker 155.

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2008

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 118114, 118116, 118117, 118118, 118120, 118121, 118124, 118127.