Hurricane Irene made landfall over the the Outer Banks on the morning of August 27 as a Category 1 hurricane. The expansive wind field associated with Irene produced strong wind gusts of 40 to 65 mph over the Central Piedmont and Coastal counties of North Carolina beginning in the early morning hours and persisting until late in the afternoon and early evening.
Every event with a place to put it; 21 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Hurricane Irene made landfall over the the Outer Banks on the morning of August 27 as a Category 1 hurricane. The expansive wind field associated with Irene produced strong wind gusts of 40 to 65 mph over the Central Piedmont and Coastal counties of North Carolina beginning in the early morning hours and persisting until late in the afternoon and early evening. Widespread wind damage from fallen trees and power-lines was felt|from the Triangle eastward, with coastal counties having sustained the most extensive damage, including 3 related fatalities.
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 Aug 26, 10:18 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1118 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 .SYNOPSIS... LARGE HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTH TONIGHT AND CROSS THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. IRENE SHOULD EXIT THE OUTER BANKS BY SATURDAY EVENING. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1030 PM FRIDAY... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN PIEDMONT AND EASTERN SANDHILLS... THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK/STRENGTH FORECAST FOR HURRICANE IRENE HAS NOT CHANGED... WITH THE CAPE LOOKOUT AREA TO CAPE HATTERAS THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR LANDFALL. THE HURRICANE HAS REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND IT REMAINS A LARGE AND FORMIDABLE STORM. THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS CONFINED TO THE COUNTIES THAT ARE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SOUNDS AND COAST. KMHX RADAR HAS ALREADY INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG COUPLETS IN THE VELOCITY DATA WITH SOME OF THE VERY STRONG INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY ROTATING WESTWARD FROM CAPE HATTERAS WEST ACROSS THE PAMLICO SOUND ACROSS INLAND HYDE COUNTY. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT AREA WILL REMAIN WELL TO OUR EAST AS THE HURRICANE MOVES NNE UP ALONG THE COAST. THIS KEEPS CENTRAL NC ON THE LEFT FRONT QUAD OF THE STORM OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL RAIN BANDS HAVE BEEN ADVANCING SLOWLY WESTWARD INTO OUR REGION. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE BACK EDGE OF THE STEADY RAIN WILL LIKELY ADVANCE UP TO AROUND RDU AND FAY BEFORE 06Z... BEFORE BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY LATER TONIGHT. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR AS TO HOW FAR WEST THE BEST QPF WILL REACH (SEE PARAGRAPH BELOW FOR FLOODING CONCERNS)... BUT IT APPEARS THAT A DEFORMATION ZONE WILL SET UP LATER TONIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRACK OVER THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT NE INTO VA. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. RAINFALL AND FLOODING THREAT... POPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GRADUATED FROM SMALL CHANCES IN THE WEST... 100 PERCENT EAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST IN THE EAST WHERE 3-6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE TO THE WEST WITH ONLY AN INCH OR SO FOR FAYETTEVILLE TO RDU... AND LESS THAN 0.10 NEAR THE YADKIN RIVER. THESE AMOUNTS SUPPORT FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ONLY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. WINDS... HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL PLAIN WITH A BRACKET OF WIND ADVISORIES JUST WEST OF THE WARNINGS. SEE THE ADVISORY SECTION BELOW. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY... SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS IRENE CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH AND AWAY FROM OUR REGION...AN IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NC FROM THE SW. W-NW FLOW IN THE WAKE OF IRENE WILL SPREAD DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION...DIMINISHING/DISSIPATING RAIN FROM THE SW. HAVE SPED UP ENDING TIME BY 3-6 HOURS MOST LOCALES AS LATEST SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE TRENDING TOWARD A QUICKER EXIT THAN COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO. SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING...EXPECT BREEZY WLY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH VERY WARM CONDITIONS...TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S. TRANQUIL CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CLEAR-PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPS COOLING INTO THE 60S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 1100 PM FRIDAY... THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM PERIOD...UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING WILL MOVE EAST...AS MID LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION BY MIDWEEK. EVEN WITH THE TROUGH IN PLACE ON MONDAY...THERE WILL A LACK OF MOISTURE RETURN (PWAT VALUE PROGGED TO BE BELOW 1.5 INCHES)...THEREFORE DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP. HOWEVER...BY TUESDAY MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. THEN AS THE MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE REGION...ONLY ISOLATED (AT BEST) RAIN CHANCES WILL EXIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. EVEN WITH THE MID LEVEL RIDGE EVENTUALLY MOVING OVER THE REGION...EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 800 PM FRIDAY... CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA (KRDU, KFAY, KRWI) WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ROTATE INLAND. THE MAIN PRECIP SHIELD IS CURRENTLY ADVANCING INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN AND WILL IMPACT KFAY AND KRWI IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND EVENTUALLY KRDU SHORTLY THEREAFTER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MVFR CEILINGS...AND GUSTY WINDS TO UP TO 30KT WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE INITIAL SHOWERS. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NC TONIGHT. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE FOR SUB VFR CONDITIONS OCCURRING IS LOWER FOR KGSO AND KINT WHERE THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN RAIN FREE. HOWEVER...THIS REGION WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY WINDS (ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS FURTHER EAST). FURTHER EAST...RAIN COVERAGE WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AT KFAY...MOVING TO KRDU/KRWI BY SUNRISE AS HURRICANE IRENE BEGINS TO MOVE ONSHORE OF THE OUTER BANKS. IFR TO LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY OUT OF THE NORTH AS THE HURRICANE PASSES TO THE EAST...WITH 25-35KT SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40KT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AT KRWI. SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY... AT THIS TIME...MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE LIMITED WESTWARD EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL RAINFALL GRADIENT WILL BE TIGHT...HOWEVER...RANGING FROM 1-2 INCHES IN THE UPPER TAR AND UPPER NEUSE RIVER BASINS TO 5-6 INCHES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM IN THOSE BASINS. WESTWARD DEVIATION FROM THE FORECAST TRACK WOULD SPREAD HEAVIER RAIN FURTHER UPSTREAM IN THOSE BASINS. THIS WOULD CAUSE MORE SIGNIFICANT RISES...AND PERHAPS MINOR FLOODING AT FORECAST POINTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AND TARBORO...THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AND GOLDSBORO...AND FISHING CREEK AT ENFIELD. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ008>010-025-026-041-077-088. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-089. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-089. && SYNOPSIS...BADGETT NEAR TERM...BADGETT/SMITH SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...KRR AVIATION...KRR/SMITH HYDROLOGY...MLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 650 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 NCZ007-021>024-038>040-073>076-083>086-271100- PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- 650 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ON SATURDAY. OTHERWISE... MINIMAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED IN OUR REGION. NCZ008>010-025-026-041-077-088-271100- GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-WAKE-HARNETT-CUMBERLAND- 650 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEFLY VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-089-271100- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- 650 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HIGH WIND WARNING. BADGETT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 743 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 NCZ028-043-078-089-270200- EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 743 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...STEADIER RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN... A SHIELD OF WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY PUSH WEST ACROSS SAMPSON... WAYNE...WILSON AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH THE 1000 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SAMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 730 PM AND 1000 PM WILL RANGE AROUND A HALF INCH WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN AN INCH. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUTS UP TO 35 MPH. BLAES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
751 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
NCZ007>010-025>027-041-270100-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-NASH-PERSON-VANCE-WAKE-WARREN-
751 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
...SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NASH... SOUTHERN WARREN... WAKE... SOUTHERN VANCE...
SOUTHERN GRANVILLE... FRANKLIN AND DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...
AT 745 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES
IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE SHOWERS.
HOWEVER... THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LAST ONLY 10 TO 15 MINUTES
LIMITING THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
&&
BLAES
LAT...LON 3637 7804 3623 7799 3620 7800 3618 7797
3607 7793 3575 7885 3631 7898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 074DEG 28KT 3609 7836
BLAESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 921 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 NCZ028-043-078-088-089-270330- EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 921 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...STEADIER RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS... A SHIELD OF WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY PUSH WEST ACROSS SAMPSON... WAYNE...WILSON...EDGECOMBE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SAMPSON AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1100 PM WILL RANGE AROUND A HALF INCH WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN AN INCH. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. BLAES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1049 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 NCZ078-088-089-270500- WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1049 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND THE EASTERN SANDHILLS... THE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS SAMPSON... WAYNE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SAMPSON AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1030 PM AND 100 AM WILL RANGE AROUND A HALF INCH WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN AN INCH. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. NCZ027-028-042-043-270500- NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD... WILSON 1049 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...STEADIER RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN... A SHIELD OF WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL SLOWLY SHIFT FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS WILSON...EDGECOMBE...NASH AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN EDGECOMBE AND EASTERN WILSON COUNTIES WITH THE RAIN SLOW TO ARRIVE IN JOHNSTON AND NASH COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1030 PM AND 100 AM WILL RANGE AROUND A HALF INCH ACROSS EASTERN EDGECOMBE AND EASTERN WILSON COUNTIES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1247 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-088-089-270600- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1247 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND PARTS OF THE SANDHILLS... AT 1245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR NOTED WIDESPREAD RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ROANOKE RAPIDS TO NEAR RAEFORD. EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN WERE WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 40 MPH. FOR EXAMPLE...A WIND GUST TO 39 MPH WAS MEASURED IN FAYETTEVILLE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND A GUST TO 37 MPH WAS MEASURED IN GOLDSBORO AT 1221 AM. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN A HALF-INCH AND AN INCH FROM NEAR SMITHFIELD TO ROCKY MOUNT AND TARBORO. THROUGH 2 AM...EXPECT CONTINUOUS RAINFALL...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING A HALF-INCH TO AN INCH. WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH 45 MPH AT TIMES. AS THE RAIN CONTINUES...THE CHANCES INCREASE FOR ISOLATED DOWNED TREES IN GUSTY WIND WITH A WET GROUND. PERSONS TRAVELLING OVERNIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION. REDUCE YOUR SPEED...AND BE PREPARED FOR AT LEAST PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO USE CAUTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NCZ010-026-041-270600- WARREN-FRANKLIN-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENTON...LOUISBURG...RALEIGH 1247 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE... AT 1245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR NOTED WIDESPREAD RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT ROANOKE RAPIDS TO NEAR RAEFORD...SPREADING WEST INTO THE RALEIGH AREA AND WARREN COUNTY. EMBEDDED WITH THE RAIN WERE WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 40 MPH IN SPOTS. FOR EXAMPLE...A WIND GUST TO 39 MPH WAS MEASURED IN FAYETTEVILLE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND A GUST TO 37 MPH WAS MEASURED IN GOLDSBORO AT 1221 AM. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN A HALF-INCH AND AN INCH FROM NEAR SMITHFIELD TO ROCKY MOUNT AND TARBOR. THROUGH 2 AM...EXPECT RAINFALL TO CONTINUE SPREADING WEST...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING AROUND A HALF-INCH. WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH 40 MPH AT TIMES. PERSONS TRAVELLING OVERNIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION. REDUCE YOUR SPEED...AND BE PREPARED FOR AT LEAST PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO USE CAUTION. DJF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 strong wind, 5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Trees and power-lines were blown down all throughout the county. Several homes were damaged from fallen trees and a portion of the Berkeley Mall collapsed. A fatality occurred when two cars collided with another at an intersection where the traffic signals were out.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Numerous trees and power-lines were blown down throughout the county. However there was only minor structural damage with one mobile home destroyed and a gas station awning ripped off. A fatality also occurred when a tree fell onto a roof of the van and killed one occupant as they were traveling south on Reedsford Road. The strong winds also heavily damaged the tobacco crop.
Numerous trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Numerous trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported. The tobacco crop was severely damaged by the strong winds.
Trees and power-lines were blown down all throughout the county. Several homes were damaged from fallen trees.
Trees and power-lines were blown down all throughout the county. Several homes were damaged from fallen trees and branches. A Nash County man was killed by a tree limb while going to feed his horses outdoors.
Numerous trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Scattered trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Scattered trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Scattered trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Scattered trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
Trees and power-lines were blown down all throughout the county. Several homes were damaged from fallen trees and branches with numerous barns and outbuildings damaged as well.
Trees and power-lines were blown down all throughout the county. Several homes were damaged from fallen trees and branches.
Numerous trees, tree branches and power-lines were blown down throughout the county, with only minor structural damage reported.
Several trees and power-lines were blown down across the county.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Wayne | 2011-08-27 | 15 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Strong Wind, Sampson | 2011-08-27 | 26 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| High Wind, Nash | 2011-08-27 | 63 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2011
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: 342259, 342260, 342227, 342262, 342226, 342246, 342248, 342228, 342233, 342249, 342252, 342253, 342255, 342256, 342261, 342263, 342265, 342230, 342231, 342250, 342266.