During the afternoon and evening of June 13 organized storms moved southeast from the mountains into the Triad. The storms developed into a broken line of storms generating wind damage and intense lightning as they moved across much of Central North Carolina.
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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.
During the afternoon and evening of June 13 organized storms moved southeast from the mountains into the Triad. The storms developed into a broken line of storms generating wind damage and intense lightning as they moved across much 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 Jun 13, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 252 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 .SYNOPSIS... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WORK WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...ALONG WITH A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE...KEEP CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AT LEAST THROUGH MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 245 PM... SMALL BAND OF CONVECTION DROPPING INTO THE TRIAD AT THIS TIME WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FORECAST TO BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE NUMEROUS AND DEVELOP THUNDER TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO REMAIN HIGHEST EAST OF HIGHWAY ONE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH FREEZING LEVELS AND LACK OF MAJOR MID LEVEL DRYNESS SUGGEST DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE THE THREAT... BUT ONLY THE STRONGEST STORM CORES MIGHT BE CAPABLE OF THIS. STILL EXPECT LOSS OF HEATING TO DISSIPATE MOST IF NOT ALL CONVECTION BY 10 PM OR SO. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVERNIGHT WILL INHIBIT RADIATIONAL COOLING TONIGHT FOR LOWS OF 70 TO 75 IN GENERAL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 245 PM... AIR MASS DRYS SLIGHTLY FOR MONDAY. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1435 METERS MONDAY AFTERNOON. 850 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURES AT LEAST 68 DEGREES OVER THE AREA... FOR MOSTLY MID 90 TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEAK TROUGHING TO OUR EAST WILL LEAVE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNDER A MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. AIR MASS CONTINUES QUITE UNSTABLE BUT A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS AND POTENTIAL MID LEVEL CAPPING UNDER THE RIDGE SUGGEST ONLY A SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... BUT PERHAPS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SEVERE THREAT THAN TODAY. CONVECTION WILL AGAIN DISSIPATE IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING MONDAY NIGHT. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES ABOVE 1415 METERS AND PRECIPITABLE WATERS WELL ABOVE 1.5 INCHES WILL RETURN LOW TEMPERATURES TOT HE LOW TO MID 70S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY... STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST US WILL DEAMPLIFY SLIGHTLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE DESSERT SW EJECTS NE AND TRACKS TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. MEANWHILE...MODELS INDICATE PROGRESSIVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SE TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...PUSHING A BACKDOOR BOUNDARY FROM NE TO SW INTO THE CWA LATE TUESDAY. LATEST GUIDANCE HAS BEEN IS MUCH SLOWER WITH THIS FEATURE AND THE RESULT IS LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES UP NEAR 1440M ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD RESULT IN HIGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S IN THE NE. EXPECT DEWPOINTS REMAIN HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 TUESDAY...WITH PWS UP NEAR 2 INCHES. THIS COMBINES WITH A SURFACE TROUGH FORECAST TO LIE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CWA SHOULD CREATE A GOOD FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...LIKELY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH SLOW MOVEMENT. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY MAKES IT (AND THIS REMAINS QUESTIONABLE GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE HIGH AND LACK OF MODEL CONSISTENCY)...SHOWERS MAY PERSIST WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOWS 66-72 NE TO SW. THE SHALLOW NATURE OF THE WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SW LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD WASH OUT THE FRONT AND ALLOW HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY TO ONCE AGAIN REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. CONVECTION SHOULD BE ISOLATED TO THE ELEVATED TERRAIN AND THE SEA-BREEZE/PIEDMONT TROUGH. THURSDAY ONWARD...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE FAIRLY PERSISTENT WEST COAST TROUGH IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST WELL INTO CANADA...AS THE SOUTHERN US UPPER RIDGE HOLDS STRONG. MODELS SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WEAK BACKDOOR STYLE FRONT ON THE HEELS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. DURING THIS TIME...THE UPPER RIDGE SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF RETROGRESSION TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION...WHICH MAY ALLOW TEMPS TO RELAX SLIGHTLY...THOUGH STILL JUST ABOVE NORMAL. SHOULD SEE A RELATIVELY WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW DURING THE PERIOD...WITH LEE SIDE TROUGHING AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION MOST DAYS. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 230 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TRIAD AREA AND APPROACH THE TRIANGLE BEFORE DARK. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH THE AFTERNOON HEATING. ALL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OR EXIT TO THE EAST IN THE LATE EVENING. ONCE CONVECTION ENDS VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL DOMINATE INTO LATE MORNING MONDAY WITH ONLY LOCALIZED MVFR FOG TOWARD SUNRISE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO LOW CLOUDS...WILL BE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGHS FOR JUNE 13/14 (SUNDAY/MONDAY): SUNDAY JUNE 13: MONDAY JUNE 14: RDU: 100 IN 2002 RDU: 97 IN 1944 GSO: 96 IN 1945 GSO: 94 IN 1964 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE MORNINGS OF JUNE 13/14/15: SUNDAY JUNE 13: MONDAY JUNE 14: TUESDAY JUNE 15: RDU: 74 IN 2005 RDU: 76 IN 2005 RDU: 73 IN 2004 GSO: 73 IN 2005 GSO: 71 IN 1945 GSO: 73 IN 1981 && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...KRR AVIATION...VINCENT CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 425 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-142030- 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- 425 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO A HOT UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG THIS LINE. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE TRIANGLE REGION BETWEEN 430 PM AND 600 PM... AND FAYETTEVILLE AND GOLDSBORO BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FOR 30 MINUTES ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY. VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH 100 TO 105 FOR A FEW HOURS ESPECIALLY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN REGION. BE SURE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS FROM THE HEAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BADGETT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
700 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ078-132330-
WAYNE-
700 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOUNT OLIVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROGDEN...AND SEVEN
SPRINGS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3517 7783 3514 7790 3516 7793 3516 7797
3518 7801 3517 7808 3518 7816 3520 7817
3520 7820 3534 7817 3530 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 280DEG 22KT 3523 7806
VINCENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
718 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0647 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S SALEMBURG 34.99N 78.50W
06/13/2010 SAMPSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON LAKEWOOD SCHOOL ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 242.
&&
VINCENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
722 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE CLINTON 34.94N 78.30W
06/13/2010 SAMPSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON CARTERTOWN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON.
&&
VINCENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
723 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0642 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 E WHITE STORE 34.89N 80.16W
06/13/2010 ANSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
ANSON COUNTY 911 RECEIVED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF TREE DOWN
ON NC HWY 109...5SW OF WADESBORO.
&&
TDHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
725 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S CLINTON 34.94N 78.32W
06/13/2010 SAMPSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON GARLAND HIGHWAY SOUTH OF CLINTON.
&&
VINCENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
726 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE CLINTON 34.94N 78.30W
06/13/2010 SAMPSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON CARTERTOWN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON.
&&
VINCENTThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the historic Nobles Chapel Baptist Church which resulted in a davastating fire. The entire church burned to the ground and was a total loss including the sanctuary and fellowship hall.
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