A powerful upper level disturbance combined with an arctic cold front resulted in wind gust of 45 to 55 mph across central North Carolina. Numerous trees were blown down across the area resulting in power outages and minor propery damage.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A powerful upper level disturbance combined with an arctic cold front resulted in wind gust of 45 to 55 mph across central North Carolina. Numerous trees were blown down across the area resulting in power outages and minor propery damage.
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 Dec 9, 7:00 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT WILL SURGE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING... BRINGING MILD AND WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING... USHERING IN A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST STATES OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... AS OF 325 AM WEDNESDAY... THROUGH EARLY MORNING.... A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WITH A 985MB LOW CENTERED OVER IL CONTINUES TO AFFECT AREAS FROM THE GULF COAST TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND BACK TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WARM ADVECTION PRECIP OVER CENTRAL NC HAS BEEN PREDOMINATELY ISENTROPICALLY FORCED THIS EVENING AS A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET RISES ATOP A SHALLOW BUT STRONG WEDGE AIRMASS...WITH AMDAR SOUNDINGS SHOWING A 15C+ TEMP INVERSION OVER 50MB IN THE HEART OF THE AIRMASS. HOWEVER...AS THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW LIFT E-NE TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY REGION...A SECONDARY SURFACE WAVE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OVER NE SC...WITH 5-7MB PRESSURE FALLS NOTED OVER THE SANDHILLS DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS HAS HELPED TO QUICKLY PULL THE COASTAL WARM FRONT INLAND...WITH TEMP/DEW POINT READINGS INCREASING INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S JUST EAST OF THE CWA. A COUPLE OF ONGOING AREAS OF CONVECTION SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE ARE LIKELY ELEVATED AT THIS POINT...FEEDING OFF 500-100J/KG OF MUCAPE AND A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET. MORE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY REMAINS CLOSER TO THE COAST...BUT EXPECT 500J/KG OF MLCAPE WILL BEGIN TO SURGE INLAND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE WARM FRONT. ONGOING CONVECTION MAY BE ABLE TO BECOME MORE ROOTED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO....WHICH WOULD ALLOW STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO REACH THE SURFACE. RADAR TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FOR SIGNS OF ROTATION AND/OR STRENGTHENING CONVECTION INVOF THE BOUNDARY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...NOT PLANNING TO MAKE MANY CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AS IT LOOKS TO BE PRETTY WELL ON TRACK. LINE OF CONVECTION RACING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE CWA BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z. EROSION OF THE WEDGE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SOME FURTHER RETURN OF INSTABILITY...MAINLY EAST OF US HWY 1 BY THE TIME THE BEST LOW LEVEL FORCING ARRIVES. HOWEVER...WIND PROFILES WILL BE TURNING TO MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL SWRLY AND THE THE CONVECTION WILL BE LOSING TOUCH WITH THE BEST UPPER FORCING AS THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS NE. WHILE INCREASING INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR WILL CONTINUE THE RISK FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...THE REAL THREAT WILL LIKELY COME FROM MIXING OF A TREMENDOUS LOW LEVEL JET WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 30-40MPH...AND POTENTIALLY STRONGER WINDS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE BAND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH 50-60KTS EXPECTED AS LOW AS 2K FT. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ENTIRE CWA UNTIL 6PM. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EROSION OF THE WEDGE AIRMASS. THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA ARE WILL ENTRENCHED...WITH THE TRIAD IN THE MID 30S. EXPECT THE EROSION WILL BE SLOW INITIALLY...BUT WILL ACCELERATE AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST....ALLOWING THE TRIAD TO POSSIBLY REACH 60 AND THE COASTAL PLAIN TO REACH 70. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD NEAR OR EAST OF THE EASTERN CWA BY 00Z...AND WILL HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE EAST OF I-95 THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 AM WEDNESDAY... FOR TONIGHT: THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MOVED EASTWARD INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN BY EARLY EVENING. ONCE IT SHIFTS OFF THE COAST TOWARD MIDNIGHT... WINDS IN THE LOWEST HALF KM BEGIN TO DECREASE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE... AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LET THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE AT THAT TIME. BUT THIS SURFACE BASED LAYER WILL REMAIN WELL MIXED THROUGH THE NIGHT AS IT COOLS UNIFORMLY... THUS EXPECT GUSTS TO STILL BE UP IN THE 30-35 MPH RANGE IN THE EVENING... TAPERING DOWN THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE LOW AND MID LEVELS DRY OUT NICELY BUT THE VERY FAST FLOW FROM 500 MB ON UP AND MODEL ACCORD REGARDING A STREAM OF MOISTURE ON THE 320K SURFACE PASSING OVER NC INDICATE CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS THROUGH THE NIGHT... THUS EXPECT SKIES TO BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. TIMING OF THE RUSH OF COLDER AIR EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE BUT CONSIDERING THE LATEST MODEL OUTPUT AND THE VERTICAL MIXING OVERNIGHT... EXPECT LOWS TO RANGE FROM 34 TO 45. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT: QUIET BUT COLD. THE UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE CLEARS OUT EARLY THURSDAY... AND WITH DEEP LAYER SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR THROUGH THE COLUMN... WE SHOULD SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF BETTER MOISTURE IN THE 315-330K LAYER ARRIVES WITHIN THIS FAST FLOW FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... SO EXPECT MORE HIGH CLOUDS... LIKELY OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED FRIDAY MORNING GIVEN THE VERTICAL THERMAL STRUCTURE. OTHERWISE... AT THE SURFACE... CHILLY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO AND OVER NC THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS HIGH IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING SUBZERO TEMPS OVER EASTERN CO AND WESTERN NE/KS... AND WILL ONLY HAVE TIME TO MODIFY SOMEWHAT BEFORE ITS CORE REACHES NC. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THURSDAY AND REALLY BOTTOM OUT FRIDAY... BELOW 1270 M IN THE MORNING... OVER 40 M BELOW NORMAL. THE LOCAL TEMP FORECASTING TOOL FACTORING IN A DRY ADIABATIC PROFILE BELOW 900 MB YIELDS HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S THURSDAY AND IN THE 40S ON FRIDAY... AND HAVE ADJUSTED HIGHS DOWN SLIGHTLY BOTH DAYS. LOWS MAINLY IN THE 20S THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. VERY DRY AIR PERSISTS BELOW 12 THOUSAND FEET ACCORDING TO NAM/GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS... THUS DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIP IN THE CWA BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. -GIH && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 450 AM WEDNESDAY... FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: THE LATEST MODELS ARE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THEIR EARLIER RUNS... LEADING TO A LOW-CONFIDENCE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. A VERY FAST MID LEVEL FLOW PERSISTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES AND NORTHWEST MEXICO ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... WHILE THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES OVER NC THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE DRIFTING NORTHEAST OFF THE MIDATLANTIC COAST BY SUNDAY. THE LATEST GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN HAVE THROWN QUITE A WRENCH INTO THE FORECAST... WITH ALL OF THEM TRENDING MUCH SLOWER BOTH WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH AND WITH THE ASSOCIATED ONSET OF ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ATOP THE SURFACE RIDGE. THE GFS FOR EXAMPLE IS 12-18 HOURS SLOWER THAN JUST TWO RUNS AGO... AND A SIMILAR DELAY IS NOTED ON THE ECMWF AND GEFS MEAN AS WELL. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH THE GFS AND 06Z NAM HOLD ONTO A RATHER DRY SUBCLOUD LAYER WELL INTO SATURDAY... AND IT SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO SATURATE THIS LAYER. WITH SUCH A CLEAR MODEL TREND... HAVE SLOWED DOWN BRINGING PRECIP INTO THE AREA... KEEPING CENTRAL NC DRY THROUGH SATURDAY (ALBEIT WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES) THEN BRINGING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE EXPANDING THEM CWA-WIDE ON SUNDAY. HAVE LOWERED POPS TO CHANCES BASED IN LARGE PART ON THE LATEST GEFS MEAN... WHICH HOLDS THE BETTER PROBABILITIES OF MEASURABLE RAIN MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. ALSO... WITH SUCH A FAST FLOW ALOFT... THE MODELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A TOUGH TIME WITH THEIR MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF FORCING FEATURES... LEADING US TO FAVOR A CONSERVATIVE SOLUTION WITH THE LOWER POPS. TEMPERATURES STAY RATHER COOL THROUGH THE WEEKEND... PARTICULARLY IF WE GET PRECIP FALLING INTO THE COOL SURFACE WEDGE INTO SUNDAY. BASED ON GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SUBFREEZING SURFACE AIR OVER THE PIEDMONT AT THE TIME OF PRECIP ONSET... HOWEVER GIVEN THAT CONFIDENCE IN THIS ONSET TIMING IS PRETTY LOW... AND WITH INDICATIONS ON THE GFS OF DRYING ABOVE -9C JUST AS THE LOW LEVELS SATURATE... WILL KEEP TEMPS AT OR ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY AND HOLD ALL PRECIP AS LIQUID FOR NOW. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY: HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST MAINLY AS IS. THE GFS/ECMWF SHOW A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING MONDAY NIGHT/ TUESDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE GIVES WAY TO A MILD SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WILL RETAIN THE CHANCE OF RAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. EXPECT TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. -GIH && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 700 AM WEDNESDAY... A STRONG WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY REGION WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL NC TODAY. GUSTS OF 25-35KT WILL INITIALLY NWRLY WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL BE A CROSSWIND TO MOST TERMINALS IN CENTRAL NC...CAUSING AN EXTRA AVIATION HAZARD. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL REMAIN AT IFR TO LIFR LEVELS UNTIL THE SHOWERS...AND EVENTUALLY A COLD FRONT MAKE IT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30-40KT WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MORE W-SWRLY...AS WINDS ALOFT ARE ABLE TO MIX TO THE SURFACE. THE FAST MOVING NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN BY THIS EVENING AS WINDS FINALLY BEGIN TO RELAX. A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SUB VFR CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST AND MOVE INTO THE AREA. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ007>011- 021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089. && SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD NEAR TERM...SMITH SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD LONG TERM...HARTFIELD AVIATION...SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 517 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101030- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 517 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES CENTRAL NC TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING OR SECURING UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS... OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DISPLAYS... AND PATIO FURNITURE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 627 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 NCZ007>011-023>028-040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089-091245- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... SMITHFIELD...WILSON...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG... RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 627 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BRING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS... AT 625 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 70 MPH. AHEAD OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS... AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG ARE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS APPROACH... THE FOG LIFTS AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE. HOWEVER... WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH... AND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE WELL AHEAD OF THE ONSET OF RAIN. THESE SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH THE HIGHWAY ONE CORRIDOR BY 645 AM... AND WILL REACH THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BEFORE 730 AM. THEN LATER THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER ACROSS THE AREA... AND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 40 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING OR SECURING UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS... OUTDOOR TOYS... AND PATIO FURNITURE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. HARTFIELD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 735 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-091400- VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...RALEIGH... SMITHFIELD...WILSON...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG... RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 735 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...A LINE OF FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BRING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS... AT 730 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER OVER THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 70 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER 60S. BY 10 AM...THE LINE OF STORMS SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA AND PARTIAL CLEARING WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN...WITH GUSTS LIKELY TO EXCEED 40 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING OR SECURING UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS... OUTDOOR TOYS... AND PATIO FURNITURE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH THE DAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
31 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages. One man was killed near Denton on Highway 109 when a tree fell onto his vehicle. Another tree fell on a house causing minor damage.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages. Two people were injured when a tree fell on their vehicle in Chapel Hill on Estes Drive.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
Strong wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph resulted in numerous trees being blown down along resutling in power outages.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Davidson | 2009-12-09 | 44 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Strong Wind, Franklin | 2009-12-09 | 44 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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