Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of northeast 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 AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of northeast 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:31 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 331 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY MOVES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND CROSSES THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...AND SETTLES OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST LATER IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM CENTRAL NC TO NE NC. ADDITIONALLY A SEA/BAY-BREEZE BOUNDARY IS SITUATED ACROSS THE TIDEWATER EVIDENCED BY AN E TO NE WIND AT NTU ORF AND NGU. THERE IS ALSO POSSIBLY A DIFFUSE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM AVC TO AKQ FROM EARLIER PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDINESS RESULTING FROM THE CONVECTION FROM LAST NIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE CWA IS RATHER UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500 J/KG ACROSS SE VA AND NE NC PER SPC ANALYSIS. HENCE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM GIVEN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AS SEVERAL BOUNDARIES THAT CAN ACT AS TRIGGER MECHANISMS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS WEAK...SO MAINLY PULSE TYPE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AND MOVE OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER ACROSS NE NC THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... A POTENT TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND UPPER SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC. ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CREEP INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA IN THE MORNING. NEVERTHELESS...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY COVER IS EXPECTED AND THIS COULD IMPACT HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE EVENTUALLY BECOMES. A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS REGARDLESS. HOWEVER...THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY WILL DICTATE ANY STRONG TO SEVERE POTENTIAL GIVEN A LACK OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN ANY SHOWERS GIVEN PW VALUES AROUND 2 IN. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. THE PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 60S NW...TO LOW TO MID 70S SE. THERE COULD BE A FEW EARLY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...DRY AIR SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90...AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S THURSDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS WILL BE COMFORTABLE FOR LATE JUNE WITH READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AND THE LOW TO MID 60S FOR COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE TIDEWATER AND NE NC. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGE IN FORECAST RATIONALE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. UPPER LVL LONGWAVE PATTERN FOR THE LATE WEEK TIME FRAME LOOKS TO BE CHARACTERIZED BY BROAD UPR LVL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS BUILDING EAST OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND INTO ERY NEXT WEEK. GENERALLY BENIGN/DRY CONDITIONS THU NGT-SAT COURTESY OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING (MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN) RAIN CHCS BY SUN/MON AS RIDGE BUILDS EAST W/ RESULTANT SURFACE FLOW VEERING TO BECOME S-SW OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGHEST RAINFALL CHCS FOR THE PERIOD LOOKS TO COME ON SUNDAY W/GFS AND ECMWF BOTH DEVELOPING A LEE TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN ZONES...WHICH COULD WELL PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR TYPICAL SCT AFTN CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTN/EVE AND ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTN. FOR TEMPERATURES...STAYED CLOSE TO INHERITED FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING NR/JUST ABOVE SEASONABLE VALUES. LOOK FOR MAXIMA GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 90S INLAND...COOLER M-U 80S AT IMMEDIATE COASTAL ZNS. EARLY MORNING LOWS TO GENERALLY RANGE THROUGH THE 60S. && .AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... PRESENCE OF THE WARM FRONT AND DEVELOPING WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT...WHICH WILL LIKELY SETTLE MORE OR LESS W-E ACROSS CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN VA...WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND TSTMS LATER THIS AFTN WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING. GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE MID/UPR LEVEL CLOUDINESS...THE DEGREE OF LLVL INSTBY LATER TODAY IS UNCERTAIN...AND THUS IS THE COVERAGE OF AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION. THUS HAVE MAINTAINED PREDOMINANT VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TAF SITES...WITH A CB MENTION AFTER 16Z. AREAS THAT DO RECEIVE RAIN THIS AFTN/EVENING WILL LIKELY SEE CIGS AND/OR VSBYS BRIEFLY REDUCED TO MVFR AND POTENTIALLY IFR. OUTLOOK...THE CHANCES FOR PCPN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH BRIEFLY LOWERING AVIATION CONDITIONS. VFR/DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .MARINE... FAIRLY BENIGN CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AS LGT ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES. A WEAK COLD FRONT WL DROP ACROSS THE WATERS LATE TUE NIGHT/EARLY WED. TIGHTENING GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WL ALLOW FOR MODEST INCREASE IN WNDS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...THOUGH AT THIS POINT WL CONTINUE TO KEEP WINDS BELOW SCA THRESHOLDS. HOWEVER...15 TO 20 KTS OVER THE COAST WATERS MAY BUILD SEAS TO 5 FT (MARGINAL SCA'S) ACROSS THE NRN PORTIONS BY TUE NIGHT BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. BEHIND THE FRONT...WIND DIRECTIONS WILL SWITCH TO THE NW THEN N...WITH THE SHALLOW OVER-WATER INSTBY SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MARGINAL SURGE (SCA CONDITIONS) ACROSS THE BAY WED AND POSSIBLY WED NIGHT. WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION FOR POTENTIAL SCA HIGHLIGHTS. BOATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE TRANQUIL BY THURSDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AJZ NEAR TERM...AJZ SHORT TERM...AJZ LONG TERM...MAM AVIATION...BKH MARINE...MAM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>091-094-099-100-282015- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE- SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ092-093-095>098-282015- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>632-634-650-652-654-656-658-282015- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-282015- CURRITUCK SOUND- 409 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
246 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
VAZ097-098-271915-
CHESAPEAKE VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
246 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA BEACH...
AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM VIRGINIA BEACH TO KEMPSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PRINCESS ANNE
AROUND 255 PM EDT.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO
A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3661 7588 3659 7593 3664 7597 3658 7597
3656 7605 3682 7623 3688 7597 3677 7595
3670 7591 3671 7591 3669 7591 3663 7588
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
321 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ017-102-271945-
EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
321 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CURRITUCK BEACH...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KNOTTS ISLAND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF
CURRITUCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR COROLLA AT 335 PM EDT.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR
AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3636 7582 3639 7587 3641 7588 3641 7586
3643 7587 3643 7589 3642 7593 3643 7595
3644 7593 3643 7591 3644 7590 3647 7591
3648 7594 3653 7591 3652 7585
SCALORASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
324 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ013-014-030-031-272030-
BERTIE NC-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-
324 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN HERTFORD COUNTY
TOWARDS GATES AND CHOWAN COUNTIES...
AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARRELLSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF
AHOSKIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR HARRELLSVILLE AT 330 PM EDT...NEWSOME STORE AT 335 PM EDT...
CARTER AT 350 PM EDT...RYLAND...AND...ICARIA AT 355 PM EDT...
GLIDEN...AND...SIGN PINE AT 400 PM EDT.
EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.
LAT...LON 3621 7672 3623 7673 3621 7674 3623 7696
3635 7696 3641 7662 3619 7660
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
354 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ031-032-272030-
CHOWAN NC-PERQUIMANS NC-
354 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CHOWAN COUNTY...
AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EDENTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR YEOPIM STATION AT 415 PM EDT...LIGHT NIXON
FORK AT 420 PM EDT...HERTFORD...AND...SNUG HARBOR AT 430 PM EDT.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR
AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3603 7667 3613 7671 3626 7642 3618 7639
3618 7638 3617 7638 3608 7635 3607 7640
3605 7643 3603 7661 3604 7662 3603 7665
SCALORAThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed on Indian Woods Road.
Golf ball size hail was reported along Route 158 in the Dismal Swamp.
Numerous trees were downed just off of Lewiston Road.
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
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: 328914, 328913, 328915.