A strong upper level disturbance and attendant surface cold front combined to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across the eastern half of central North Carolina. The unseasonably dry low levels of the atmosphere across central North Carolina created a favorable environment for any thunderstorms that developed to produce damaging winds.
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A strong upper level disturbance and attendant surface cold front combined to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across the eastern half of central North Carolina. The unseasonably dry low levels of the atmosphere across central North Carolina created a favorable environment for any thunderstorms that developed to produce damaging winds. Many of the thunderstorms that developed became severe and produced damaging winds across the eastern half of central North Carolina.
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 Jul 1, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 458 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-021000- 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- 458 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE... WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BADGETT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 525 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 NCZ088-089-012215- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 525 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM... AT 525 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOPE MILLS... OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... HOPE MILLS... THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT... CEDAR CREEK... VANDER... AND STEDMAN. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. BADGETT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 547 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 NCZ088-089-012216- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 547 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM... AT 545 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF STEDMAN... OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF CLINTON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... STEDMAN... AUTRYVILLE... AND SALEMBURG. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. BADGETT
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down on several houses and a mobiles home in the Roeswood and Belfast communities, near Goldsboro, North Carolina. In addition, 3 car were reported to have substantial damage as well in the area.
One tree was reported down on Kent Road at Tilghman Road.
One tree was reported down on a house near 4th Street and East Hamlet Street.
One tree was reported down on a house on West Street in the town of Falcon, North Carolina.
Several trees were reported down near I-95 and North Carolina Highway 87.
One tree was reported down on a hose in Falcon, North Carolina.
Several Trees were reported down near Spivey's Corner, North Carolina, near United States Highway 421 and United States Highway 13.
One tree was reported down on a mobile home between Roesboro, North Carolina and Clinton, North Carolina, near the intersection of North Carolina Highway 24 and Bass Lake Road.
Several trees were reported down, just to the southwest of Turkey, North Carolina.
Quarter sized hail was reported in the Bedford Subdivison, near the intersection of Cardington Lane and Rogerson Street.
A town home fire was reported on Canvas Drive in Raleigh, North Carolina, which was caused by an apparent lightning strike that that ran in on the natural gas line. Damage to the town home was unknown.
Power lines were reported down on Van Buren Road, at North State Street.
A tree was reported down on a house in the 400 block of North King Charles Road, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
One tree reported down across the intersection of Burgess Road and Rocky Cross Road. DOT was called out to clear debris from the road.
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, July 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: 178159, 178161, 178305, 178162, 178289, 178419, 178290, 178163, 178291, 178288, 178317, 178292, 178304, 178293.