Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the Central North Carolina as a cold front moved through the region. The|strongest cells developed across northern portions of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the Central North Carolina as a cold front moved through the region. The|strongest cells developed across northern portions of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. where hail as large as baseballs was reported in Granville County.
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 20, 10:45 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 336 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009 NCZ007>011-023>028-040-041-211945- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE- 336 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009 ...TORNADO WATCH 178 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. TORNADO WATCH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL POTENTIAL OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHEAST COASTAL PLAIN. THE BEST TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR UNTIL 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. NCZ042-043-075>078-085-086-088-089-211945- JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- 336 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 179 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE BEST TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR UNTIL 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. NCZ021-022-038-039-073-074-083-084-211945- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-RICHMOND- 336 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. A STORM OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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.
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</html>The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
13 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Efland near the intersection of High Rock Road and East Lebanon Road.
Warren County Rescue reported penny size hail at Enterprise Road.
Berea Fire Department reported penny size hail on Highway 158.
Spotter reported penny size hail with strong winds at Webb High School.
Penny size hail was reported just west of the Henderson Oxford Airport.
Half dollar size hail was reported at the Kerr Lake Regional Water Plant.
Baseball to golf ball size hail was reported in Drewery.
Golf ball size hail damaged a propane tank which started to leak.
Golf ball to penny size hail was reported in a swath along Interstate 85 from mile marker 220 to to 230. Several cars on the interstate between mile markers 227 to 230 sustained windshield damage from the golf ball size hail.
Several trees were blown down on Interstate 85 between mile markers 220 and 230. One tree 6 to 8 inches in diameter fell onto a car causing minor damage.
Observer reported quarter size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 158540, 158541, 158542, 158543, 158544, 158545, 158547, 158548, 158560, 158570, 158562, 158563, 158564, 158565.