A weak cold front moving across area resulted in a line of severe storms which tracked across Central North Carolina resulting in wind damage from Roxboro and the Triangle to the Coastal Plain.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A weak cold front moving across area resulted in a line of severe storms which tracked across Central North Carolina resulting in wind damage from Roxboro and the Triangle to the Coastal Plain.
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, 1 hour 6 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 440 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-141000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- 440 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY FROM 3 PM TO 8 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ042-077-078-083>086-088-089-141000- JOHNSTON-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- 440 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO...VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN THE HEAT INDEX RISING TO NEAR 102 DEGREES AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. BE SURE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS FROM THE HEAT. .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 APPROACH 104 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN...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. DJF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
156 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ021-022-131930-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
156 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FORSYTH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES...
AT 153 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES
NORTH OF RURAL HALL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF DANBURY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
FORSYTH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES BY 215 PM...AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES
OF WINSTON-SALEM AND GREENSBORO THROUGH 300 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOKESDALE...
KERNERSVILLE...COLFAX...SUMMERFIELD.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
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 3625 8046 3624 7959 3619 7953 3616 7953
3602 7973 3598 8004 3601 8004 3602 8021
3599 8021 3599 8033 3598 8035 3614 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 312DEG 15KT 3640 8030
22SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
329 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NCZ007-023-024-132030-
ALAMANCE-ORANGE-PERSON-
329 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON...NORTHERN ALAMANCE
AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANVILLE CITY TO 6 MILES
WEST OF CAMP SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ELON COLLEGE...BUSHY
FORK...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...MEBANE AND ROXBORO.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 7884 3624 7894 3600 7915 3605 7954
3625 7953 3624 7916 3655 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 278DEG 23KT 3658 7933 3627 7957
22The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Department of Highways reported trees blown down along Highway 49 North near Mayo.
The Department of Highway reported trees down along Houston Blalock Road.
Several trees were blown down onto power lines in Knightdale. At least 400 residences were without power as a result of the downed trees.
A large tree was reported blown down on the 400 block of Hunter Lane in Zebulon.
Wilson County 911 reported a trees down at the 800 block of Suggs Street in Wilson. One fell onto a house causing minor damage.
A line of thunderstorms blew down numerous trees from near Fayetteville to Stedman, Garland and Clinton. A tree was blown down on Baywood Road near Draughon Road near Eastover. Trees were also blown down on Caterwaul Road near Cedar Creek and Halltown Road near Stedman. Numerous trees were blown down from Salemburg near Highway 242 to locations just north and south of Clinton.
Anson County dispatchers reported a trees down along Highway 109 southwest of Wadesboro.
Trees were blown down along Lakewood School Road near Highway 242.
Trees blown down along Garland Highway south of Clinton.
Trees were down on Cartertown Road just south of Clinton.
Trees were reported blown down in downtown Clinton to Rowan Road near Highway 24 in Turkey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2010
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 241494, 241495, 241496, 241497, 241498, 241499, 241500, 242366, 242368, 242367, 241501.