Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along a pre-frontal trough of low pressure in a moist and unstable atmosphere. Many of the thunderstorms became severe as a upper level disturbance tracked across the area, resulting in widespread wind damage.
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Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along a pre-frontal trough of low pressure in a moist and unstable atmosphere. Many of the thunderstorms became severe as a upper level disturbance tracked across the area, resulting in widespread wind 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 Jun 29, 12:02 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 102 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DRIER AND MUCH COOLER WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1010 AM TUESDAY... EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO FIRE MUCH SOONER COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW DAYS. 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTS A HIGH LEVEL SHEAR AXIS SW-NE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...CENTRAL NC IS IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 100-110KT JET OVER NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL SUPPORT DIVERGENCE ALOFT...INDICATIVE OF LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE. THIS CONFLUENCE IS SHOWING UP ON THE MESOSCALE STREAMLINE ANALYSIS OVER THE SANDHILLS INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN. WHILE CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION FIRING IN THE NW PIEDMONT BY EARLY-MID AFTERNOON...BELIEVE THAT CONVECTION WILL INITIALLY FIRE AND BECOME SCATTERED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS IN THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN. THIS REGION WILL ALSO EXHIBIT THE BEST MLCAPE WITH VALUES PROJECTED AROUND 1500 J/KG. ALTHOUGH THE EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS WEAK...APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH SHEAR TO HELP ORGANIZE CONVECTION INTO BROKEN SEGMENTS. THE STORMS THAT ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN UPDRAFTS FOR 30-45 MINUTES WILL HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WHEN THEY COLLAPSE. WILL MAINTAIN THE BEST CHANCE POPS OVER THE SE HALF. THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...LOW LEVEL TROUGH EXPECTED TO SHARPEN OVER OUR REGION AS A DISTURBANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL TROUGH DROPS SE FROM THE OH VALLEY INTO THE CAROLINAS. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO FOCUS CONVECTION OVER SECTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OR THE SANDHILLS. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. CURRENTLY...THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION APPEARS BEST ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. DID ADJUST POPS SLIGHTLY FOR TONIGHT BUT ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IDEA AS PER PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH HIGH END CHANCE POPS NW TO LIKELY POPS SE HALF. TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON DEPENDENT UPON CLOUD AND CONVECTIVE COVERAGE. FULL SUN VALUES WITH LOW LEVEL THICKNESS IN THE 1430-1435M RANGE SUPPORT MAX TEMPS IN THE MID 90S. WILL SHADE TEMPS UP A DEGREE OR TWO MOST LOCALES. MINS TONIGHT UPPER 60S NW TO MID 70S SE APPEAR ON TARGET. IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED...IT WOULD BE THE FAR N-NW WHERE MIN TEMPS MAY BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER. && .SHORT TERM/WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 AM TUESDAY... CLOSED MID-LEVEL CYCLONE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE ACROSS QUEBEC THROUGH THURSDAY...DRAGGING BEHIND IT THE UPPER MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...AND PROMISE OF A WELCOMED PATTERN CHANGE FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN US. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BISECT AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. BUT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MODEL DISCREPANCIES ARISE CONCERNING HOW QUICK THE FRONTAL ZONE WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE GFS AND EC KEEP THE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ZONES THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT POST-FRONTAL RAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND WELL INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS DCVA OVERSPREADS THE AREA AHEAD AND COINCIDENT WITH THE UPPER TROUGH PASSAGE AND UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE DIVERGENCE REGION OF A 60KT JET STREAK EXTENDING DOWN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. MEANWHILE THE NAM IS MUCH FASTER TO PUSH THE FRONT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...KEEPING IT DRY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT FORECAST IS WEIGHTED TOWARDS THE MODEL MAJORITY OF THE GFS AND EC WILL CONTINUE THE COURSE WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS/LOW LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ZONES THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...TAPERING OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS. IT APPEARS WESTERN ZONES MAY STAY DRY ALTOGETHER AS MODELS SHOW DRY AIR RIDGE STARTING TO NUDGE EASTWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT. THEN OVERNIGHT...GRADUALLY LOWER POPS TO SMALL CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE BEFORE RAIN CHANCES COME TO AND END ALL TOGETHER AS THE UPPER TROUGH PASSAGE THURSDAY MORNING...SHOULD SPELL THE END OF RAIN CHANCES AS THE FRONTAL ZONE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. EARLY SEVERE PARAMETERS SUGGEST CLOUD COVER AND HIGH RAIN CHANCES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT SIGNIFICANTLY RETARDS AFTERNOON HEATING AND RESULTING DESTABILIZATION. SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS LOOKS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT...BUT IF SOME BREAKS DEVELOP EARLY ON WEDNESDAY AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY CAN BE REALIZED... BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30 TO 35 KTS WOULD SUPPORT SOME ORGANIZED CONVECTION. THE MORE LEGITIMATE CONCERN COULD BE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY INVOF OF THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE AS MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW PWATS BETWEEN 2.1 TO 2.3"(175 PERCENT OF NORMAL). WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT IN THE HWO. TRICKY TEMPERATURE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY...HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON CLOUDS/RAIN WITH ANAFRONTAL ZONE. SOME OF THE COOLEST READINGS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COULD BE ACROSS THE FAR SE IN THE MORE MOIST AIRMASS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER 60S NW TO AROUND 70S SE. THE LONG AWAITED RETURN TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARRIVES IN EARNEST ON THURSDAY. HIGHS THURSDAY IN THE LOWER 80S WITH LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 300 AM TUESDAY... NO CHANGE IN PREVIOUS THINKING. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON A DRY HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH TEMPERATURES MODERATING BACK TOWARD SEASONABLE LEVELS. THE MID LEVEL RIDGE WHICH EXTENDS UP THE LENGTH OF THE MISS VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT PUSHES EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. AS THE SURFACE... THE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE MIDATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY... THEN CONTINUES MOVING OFF THE COAST THROUGH MONDAY... WHILE STILL EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD DOWN THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA. THE GFS/ECMWF AGREE QUITE WELL ON THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO NE ORIENTED OVER THE MIDATLANTIC REGION... WHICH WILL MEAN PLENTY OF MID LEVEL WARMTH AND SUBSIDENCE TO INHIBIT CONVECTION AS WELL AS A STEADY MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES. WILL HAVE FAIR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT HIGHS ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY (LOW TO MID 80S)... TRENDING UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE NORMAL (AROUND 90 TO LOWER 90S). LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CLIMB TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S BY MONDAY MORNING. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1255 PM TUESDAY... WHILE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM WEDNESDAY...THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS IN THE VICINITY OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST OVER THE SE HALF OF THE REGION OR ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40KTS MAY OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THE STORMS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING THIS ROUND OF CONVECTION. THIS FRONT WILL DRIFT E-SE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A FOCUS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW T-STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF KFAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO CENTRAL NC FROM THE NW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE INFLUENCE OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A PROLONG PERIOD OF VFR CONDITIONS AND GREATLY DIMINISH THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CBL NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...CBL LONG TERM...HARTFIELD/CBL AVIATION...WSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1224 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 NCZ042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-301000- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1224 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT OR CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WEDNESDAY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-301000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- 1224 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AS WELL AS CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
131 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
NCZ084-291830-
RICHMOND-
131 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND COUNTY THROUGH 230
PM EDT...
AT 131 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROCKINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELLERBE.
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 3501 7989 3505 7988 3517 7971 3517 7966
3515 7964 3516 7961 3512 7957 3507 7957
3506 7950 3504 7946 3498 7957 3491 7957
3486 7982
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 241DEG 9KT 3498 7977
22The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:50 UTC.
27 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were reported down at Old Salem Road and Ellington Avenue.
One tree was reported down on Nicholson Road and Roberdel Road.
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across the city of Rockingham, NC.
A tractor trailer was blown over on its side at Berkeley Boulevard and United States Highway 70. At the nearby Comco Berkeley Car Wash, a large mechanism fell out of the car wash port.
Dime to quarter sized hail was reported at the Goldsboro Industrial Park.
Power lines and tree limbs were reported down across the city of Goldsboro, NC.
An old abandoned tobacco barn near Cameron, NC was burned down.
One tree was reported down on a house in Carthage, NC.
One car was reported stranded in high water along Berkeley Boulevard. A pickup truck was also reported to be stranded in high water. The driver of the truck drove into a low spot in the Staples parking lot off of Berkeley Boulevard and the truck was submerged up to the windows.
Trees were reported down on Pee Dee Road.
One tree was reported down at Nursery Road and Overhills Road.
Numerous trees were reported down in the Anderson Creek area.
Four homes off of Ramsey Road in Fayetteville, NC were struck by lightning. Two of the homes in the 300 block of Lionshead Road off of Ramsey Road sustained minor damage. The other two homes were located along Summerchase Drive off of Ramsey Road. No damage was reported with the two homes on Summerchase Drive.
Numerous trees were reported down on Old United States Highway 421 near Boone Trail Drive.
A small building was reported to have been blown off of its foundation along C.P. Stewart Road west of Lillington, NC. Several trees were reported to be down along with numerous tree limbs in this area as well.
One tree was reported down on a house between the 4000 and 6000 blocks of Old United States Highway 421.
Trees were reported down in the Mingo Community.
Power lines were reported down along North Carolina Highway 50 near North Carolina Highway 210.
Several trees were reported down at Olive Branch Road and Cappadocia Church Road.
Quarter sized hail was reported around the Davidson and Randolph county border near I-85.
Several trees were reported down near North Carolina Highway 902 in Bear Creek.
One tree was reported down at Fishing Creek Road and North Carolina Highway 33.
Large tree limbs were reported down on Spivey Road.
One tree was reported blown down at 4700 Carbonton Road.
One tree was reported down at 1513 Tempting Church Road.
One tree was reported down at 1911 Spring Lane.
Lightning struck a barn outside of Sanford, NC. The barn was declared a total loss as result of the fire.
One tree was reported down on a power line at Gordon Street and North Gulf Street.
Several trees were reported down on power lines along Upchurch Road near Arabia Road.
Several tree were reported down on power lines near Arabia Road near Dupree Lane.
One house was struck by lightning on Bonney Lane near King Road. The fire department extinguished a small fire in the attic caused by the lightning strike.
One tree was reported down at 2400 South Main.
Several trees were reported down across West 6th Avenue near North Main Street.
Multiple trees and large limbs were reported down in Harrells, NC on Tomahawk Highway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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