Strong daytime heating featuring afternoon temperatures in the mid to upper 90s resulted in moderate instability across central North Carolina. Isolated convection|developed along a pre-frontal surface trough.
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Strong daytime heating featuring afternoon temperatures in the mid to upper 90s resulted in moderate instability across central North Carolina. Isolated convection|developed along a pre-frontal surface trough.
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 12, 5:00 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 615 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130930- 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- 135 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING... AND ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST... AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS INTO THE REGION. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH... AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR NICKELS. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY... ESPECIALLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... SANDHILLS... AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN... FROM WADESBORO AND ALBEMARLE EAST TO FAYETTEVILLE... LAURINBURG... AND GOLDSBORO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT IN THESE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BADGETT
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down along Route 157 near Hurdle Mills.
Two trees were blown down near Moores Mill and Rassie Crabtree Roads.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 187485, 187487.