Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along the northern periphery of the strong upper level ridge as strong daytime heating resulted in moderate instability across the area. Severe hail ranging from quarter size to as large as golf ball size was reported along with numerous downed trees from thunderstorm wind gusts.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along the northern periphery of the strong upper level ridge as strong daytime heating resulted in moderate instability across the area. Severe hail ranging from quarter size to as large as golf ball size was reported along with numerous downed trees from thunderstorm wind gusts.
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 21, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 315 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS OUR REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY BRINGING HOT CONDITIONS. A WEAKENING UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY INCREASING THE CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 315 PM TUESDAY... COMPLEX FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES AND CONTINUED DIFFICULTY WITH THE FORECAST OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION AND EVOLUTION. FIRST A WILDFIRE IN PENDER COUNTY THAT STARTED ON FRIDAY FROM A LIGHTNING STRIKE ERUPTED ON MONDAY AND IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SMOKE ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND TRIAD AREA. THE SMOKE ARRIVED WITH A LIGHT SE FLOW OVERNIGHT AND A LOW MIXED LAYER. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN AS LOW AS 2 MILES AT KRDU AND AROUND 4 MILES AT AROUND A HALF DOZEN OTHER METAR LOCATIONS. SFC WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THIS EVENING AND WILL TEND TO VEER AROUND TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. THE LIGHT SPEEDS WONT PROVIDE RAPID ALLEVIATION OF THE SMOKE AND LOW VISIBILITIES TONIGHT AND AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COLLAPSES... CONDITIONS COULD WORSEN LOCALLY. OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION THIS EVENING COULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE SMOKE BUT PINPOINTING THE LOCATION AND IMPACT OF THIS IS FOOLHARDY. CONVECTION IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NC WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL RECEIVED. THIS CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN A REGION OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND WILL TEND TO DRIFT EAST AND NORTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH THE LIGHT W TO SW FLOW AT MID LEVEL. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT IS CHARACTERIZED BY GOOD INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPES BETWEEN 2000-3000 J/KG WITH A MORE STABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN BECAUSE OF REDUCED INSOLATION FROM CLOUDINESS AND SMOKE. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO MOVE EAST AND EVENTUALLY OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD IS GENERALLY LIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWEST 4KM WHICH BUT THE ASSOCIATED COOL POOL SHOULD SUPPORT AND DRIVE THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. WOULD EXPECT WIND THREAT TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD THIS EVENING GIVEN THE FORECAST PROFILES OVER CENTRAL NC BUT MOST OF THE SEVERE REPORTS THIS AFTN HAVE BE FROM LARGE HAIL. WILL INCREASE POPS INTO THE MID CHANCE RANGE ACROSS THE NW PIEDMONT...HIGHLIGHT LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN NEAR THE DISTURBANCE ALOFT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE FOR THIS EVENING. ANOTHER HOT DAY IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100. AFTN DEW POINTS ON WEDNESDAY RANGE IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70. HOURLY APPARENT TEMP GRIDS SUGGEST THAT THE HEAT INDEX WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 105 DEGREES AND SHOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ELEVATED HEAT INDECIES WITH THE HWO. EXPECT ANOTHER SHOT OF AFTN CONVECTION ON WED WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND PUSHING EAST DURING THE EVENING. GREATEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP EXPECTED ACROSS THE NW PIEDMONT. -BLAES && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM TUESDAY... WEDNESDAY NIGHT: THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE IA/NE BORDER WILL BE LOCATED IN WISCONSIN BY 00Z THU...MOVING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY 12Z THU...WITH H5 TROUGHING/CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OH/TN VALLEYS. THE H5 RIDGE CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE CAROLINAS/MID-ATLANTIC WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 12Z THU...WITH STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER CENTRAL NC. A WEAKENING FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES INTO THE TN VALLEY (ASSOC/W THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW) WILL APPROACH THE MID-ATLANTIC/NC LATE WED NIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN WEST/NW OF CENTRAL NC THROUGH 12Z THU. EXPECT ENOUGH LINGERING INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT CONVECTION OVERNIGHT IN ASSOC/W ANY DISTURBANCES IN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT...PRIMARILY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS SUCH...THE PRECIP FORECAST WILL PRIMARILY DEPEND ON THE TIMING/LOCATION OF ANY WEAK PERTURBATIONS. WILL KEEP A 30% CHANCE IN THE NW PIEDMONT THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHERE AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCES WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO TRACK...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) ELSEWHERE. AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL LOWER POPS TO 20% EVERYWHERE. WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES... EXPECT BALMY LOWS IN THE LOWER/MID 70S. THURSDAY: THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY MEANDER OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ON THU...WITH CONTINUED CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT OVER THE TN/OH VALLEYS AND MID-ATLANTIC/NC. GFS/NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS DIFFER GREATLY ON THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE ACROSS CENTRAL NC ON THU...WITH THE GFS SHOWING DRY/SUBSIDENT MID-LEVELS WITH A ~1.00" PWAT...AND THE NAM SHOWING A MOIST PROFILE WITH PWAT VALUES ~1.85". ADDITIONALLY...MOS GUIDANCE IS SHOWING A ~10F RANGE IN HIGH TEMPS... WITH THE MAV INDICATING 95F AT RDU AND THE MET 85F. GIVEN THAT THE GFS/NAM SHOW A SIMILAR HEIGHT/MSLP PATTERN OVER CENTRAL NC...THE AFOREMENTIONED DIFFERENCE IN THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES COULD BE A RESULT OF SHORTWAVES IN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT...OR RATHER THE DPVA AHEAD OF/SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF SAID DISTURBANCES. HOWEVER...GFS H85 TEMPS ARE ~3F WARMER OVER CENTRAL NC THAN THE NAM THU AFTERNOON...WITH SIMILAR H85 WIND SPEED/DIRECTIONS ON BOTH MODELS. THIS TREND IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE CAROLINAS...BUT MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES AS WELL...AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN WHY. WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...WILL FORECAST A SLIGHT CHANCE (20%) OF SHOWERS/STORMS...WITH CHANCES/COVERAGE MOST LIKELY DEPENDING ON THE PRESENCE/TIMING OF DISTURBANCES IN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT...ALTHOUGH IF GFS THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WE WOULD LIKELY BE TOO DRY/CAPPED FOR ANY CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED UNCERTAINTY W/REGARD TO H85 TEMPS...WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOS GUIDANCE...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...OR 89-94F. THURSDAY NIGHT: THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO THU NIGHT...WITH CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT EXTENDING SOUTH OVER THE OH/TN VALLEYS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND CAROLINAS. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE TIED ENTIRELY TO ANY DISTURBANCES IN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT AND THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY LINGERING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL CONTINUE A TOKEN 20% CHANCE OF STORMS WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. -VINCENT && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 300 PM TUESDAY... ...PRECIP CHANCES EXPECTED TO INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... THE AFOREMENTIONED VERTICALLY STACKED CYCLONE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND LIFT N/NE TOWARD JAMES BAY ON FRI...WITH CONTINUED CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT OVER THE TN VALLEY...MID-ATLANTIC AND CAROLINAS...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF MORE FOCUSED SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHING CENTRAL NC FROM THE WEST FRI EVE/NIGHT. AS A RESULT...EXPECT INCREASED PRECIP CHANCES ON FRI/FRI NIGHT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS. WILL FCST 30-40% AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TIMING/EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...WITH NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S FRI NIGHT. THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...EXPECT A STRENGTHENING H5 RIDGE OVER TX/MEXICO...A PERSISTENT H5 RIDGE OFFSHORE...AND WEAK H5 TROUGHING IN-BETWEEN OVER THE TN VALLEY...DEEP SOUTH AND CAROLINAS. GIVEN SEASONAL BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AND WEAK TROUGHING ALOFT OVER AND JUST UPSTREAM OF CENTRAL NC...EXPECT INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP POPS NO HIGHER THAN 30% AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES ASSOC/W THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN. EXPECT HIGH/LOW TEMPS NEAR NORMAL...UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. -VINCENT && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY... COMPLEX FORECAST SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH SMOKE AND POTENTIAL CONVECTION. SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN NC WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NC...ADVERSELY AFFECTING VSBYS AND CIGS...MAINLY AT KRDU/KFAY/KRWI. EXPECT VSBYS AND CIGS TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTN BEFORE THE COLLAPSE OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER TONIGHT RESULTS IN DECREASING VSBYS AND CIGS. POOREST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KRDU THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN SHIFTING EAST TOWARD KRWI. SCT CONVECTION FIRING ACROSS THE MTNS OF NC WILL SHIFT EAST AND SHOULD IMPACT THE NW PIEDMONT TAF LOCATIONS -KINT/KGSO BETWEEN 22 AND 04Z. ADDED A PERIOD OF CBS TO TAFS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. NOT SURE HOW FAR EAST THIS CONVECTION WILL MAKE. OTHER CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE IN THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WHICH COULD IMPACT TAFS AT KFAY AND POSSIBLY KRWI. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN CHC OF TSRA SO WILL OMIT FROM TAFS FOR NOW. OUTSIDE OF SMOKE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE. OUTLOOK...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH LOCALLY REDUCED VSBYS AND CIGS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. -BLAES && .CLIMATE... TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR JUNE 21-23: RDU DATE | MAX T YEAR | HIGH MIN YEAR ------------------------------------------------ TUE JUN 21 | 99 1964 | 72 2009/1990 WED JUN 22 | 100 1981 | 77 1981 THU JUN 23 | 100 1986 | 73 2010/1996 GSO DATE | MAX T YEAR | HIGH MIN YEAR ------------------------------------------------ TUE JUN 21 | 100 1933 | 73 2009/1990 WED JUN 22 | 99 1933 | 75 1981 THU JUN 23 | 97 1988 | 73 2010 && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BLAES NEAR TERM...BLAES SHORT TERM...VINCENT LONG TERM...VINCENT AVIATION...BLAES CLIMATE...KC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 157 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 NCZ024-025-040>042-076>078-088-089-221800- ORANGE-DURHAM-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- 157 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE IN PENDER COUNTY WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SMOKE WILL BE THICK AT TIMES. THE SMOKE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPACT THOSE SENSITIVE TO AIR QUALITY ISSUES. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR A SHORT TIME THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ021>023-038-039-073>075-083>086-221800- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- 157 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES FOR A SHORT TIME THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ007>011-026>028-043-221800- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- 157 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE IN PENDER COUNTY WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SMOKE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND COULD IMPACT THOSE SENSITIVE TO AIR QUALITY ISSUES. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR A SHORT TIME THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 306 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-076>078-088-089-220400- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH- EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD... WILSON...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON 306 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SMOKEY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE IN PENDER COUNTY WILL SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT AND THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SMOKE WILL BE THICKEST ACROSS JOHNSTON AND WAKE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH COULD IMPROVE CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY BUT STABLE CONDITIONS AFTER SUNSET COULD CAUSE CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN. GROUPS SENSITIVE TO AIR QUALITY ISSUES SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN THIS AREA AS VISIBILITIES COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. ELLIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
533 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
NCZ089-212215-
SAMPSON-
533 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 533 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HARRELLS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARRELLS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 7832 3467 7833 3469 7837 3477 7841
3487 7837 3488 7815 3474 7819 3472 7814
3472 7811 3471 7811 3468 7815 3462 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 254DEG 6KT 3472 7823
WSSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
NCZ089-212230-
SAMPSON-
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 630
PM EDT...
AT 549 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM
WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON ALSO MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CLINTON.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 7850 3486 7850 3490 7854 3491 7854
3491 7856 3494 7857 3495 7860 3500 7864
3523 7861 3521 7817 3490 7814 3480 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 277DEG 9KT 3505 7840
WSSThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported along the swath.
Quarter size hail was reported east of Ft. Bragg Military Base.
Quarter size hail was reported along the swath.
Quarter size hail was reported along the swath.
Quarter size hail was reported along the swath.
Golf ball size hail was reported between the All American Freeway between Santa Fe Drive and Raeford Road.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Rockfish area.
Several trees were blown down across Avent Ferry Road near Birdie Lane.
Quarter size hail reported near Route 210.
A portion of Bragg Blvd near Glenville Avenue was impassable due to flash flooding.
One tree was blown down along Rex Road.
Multiple trees were blown down at 1818 McGougan Road.
Tree were blown down on Warner and Mccallum road. A tree was also blown down on First Street near Biscoe.
Multiple trees were blown down.
Multiple trees were blown down along the swath with most of the tree damage concentrated in the Polkton and McFarlan areas.
Numerous trees and power-lines down along the swath, including down trees on Mill Road, East Washington Street, Skyline Drive, and Ardsley Road.
Two trees were blown down near Cemetery Road.
One tree was blown down across the road at Nursery Road and NC Highway 27.
Power-lines were blown down along the 800 Block of Gregory Street.
Power-lines were blown down on the 500 Block of Homeland Avenue.
Rockfish Road was impassable between Camden Road and Sturbridge Road due to flash flooding.
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, June 2011
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