A lee side surface trough interacted with a very unstable atmosphere and produced clusters of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms became severe and produce large hail and damaging winds across all of central North Carolina.
Every event with a place to put it. 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.
A lee side surface trough interacted with a very unstable atmosphere and produced clusters of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms became severe and produce large hail and damaging winds across all of central 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 9:20 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1020 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WHILE A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACKS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1015 AM SUNDAY... SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW: THE MID LEVEL PATTERN REMAINS FAIRLY STAGNANT WITH 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOWING AN ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER GA AND A FAIRLY SWIFT (FOR JULY) WNW FLOW TO ITS NORTH AND NORTHWEST... ON THE ORDER OF 35-40 KTS NEAR THE NC/VA BORDER. AN 850 MB TROUGH EXTENDS THROUGH CENTRAL NC... JUST EAST OF THE ANTICYCLONE CORE BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA (A SLIGHT BUMP TO THE SW FROM 24 HRS AGO)... AND TEMPS HERE REMAIN QUITE WARM AT 24-25C. AT THE SURFACE... A WEAK PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM VA ACROSS KY AND CENTRAL IL TO SE IA... WITH THE STRONGER SYNOPTIC FRONT FURTHER NORTH FROM MN ACROSS SRN MI AND NRN OH THROUGH PA/NYC... AND A SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH THE WRN PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS TO CENTRAL GA. PRECIP CHANCES AND SEVERE RISK: WITH EVIDENCE OF A STRONG EML ON REGIONAL SOUNDINGS... LAPSE RATES THROUGH THE COLUMN IN THE VICINITY AND UPSTREAM REMAIN RATHER HIGH... 6 C/KM AT 0-3 KM AND STEEPENING RAPIDLY... AND LIKEWISE IN THE MID LEVELS AT 7.5-8.0... EXPECTED TO RISE TOWARD 8.5 C/KM. MODELS ARE CONSISTENTLY SHOWING VERY STRONG INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -10C TO -15C AND OVER 5000 J/KG OF MLCAPE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. THE 0C TO -20C LAYER ALOFT CONTINUES TO MOISTEN WITH RISING PW... AND GIVEN EXPECTATIONS OF VIGOROUS PARCEL ACCELERATION THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE MIXED PHASE HAIL GROWTH ZONE (-10C TO -30C LAYER CAPE OVER 1500 J/KG) AND IMPROVING DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO 25-40 KTS... THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS -- LIKELY BEGINNING AS DISCRETE HAIL-PRODUCING CELLS BEFORE MORPHING INTO A QUASI-LINEAR SEVERE-WIND-DOMINANT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX (SUGGESTED BY THE DEEP AND STILL RATHER DRY MIXED LAYER ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS. FORWARD-PROPAGATING OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHT'S MCS OVER SRN IN IS STRENGTHENING ANEW OVER THE KY/VA BORDER... SUPPORTED BY STRENGTHENING UPPER DIVERGENCE... AND THIS FEATURE IS ON PACE TO REACH OUR CWA BY 1 PM. THE UPPER DIVERGENCE MAXIMUM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD THROUGH CENTRAL NC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE SURFACE INVERSION HAS NOT YET MIXED OUT WITH ABUNDANT CONVECTIVE INHIBITION REMAINING BUT ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS HIGH AND THE INVERSION SHOULD BE QUICKLY BROKEN AS TEMPS (ALREADY IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90) STEADILY CLIMB. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING DYNAMIC FORCING FOR ASCENT (WHICH INCLUDES THE MCV RESULTING FROM THE IN MCS) AND INSTABILITY (BUOYED BY SURFACE DEW POINTS THAT ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY... BY 5 TO 15 DEGREES OUTSIDE OF THE OUTFLOW-AFFECTED TRIAD) SUGGESTS A GOOD CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SPREADING OVER NC THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. REGARDING TEMPS... THE MORNING CONVECTIVE-DEBRIS MID CLOUDS HELPED HOLD READINGS UP A BIT OVERNIGHT... AS DID THE SURGE IN DEW POINTS. AS THESE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY DEPARTING... HEATING IS STRONG WITH CURRENT TEMPS RUNNING NEAR TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE TEMPS AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY (THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE WARMER LOWS HOWEVER). WITH THICKNESSES CLOSE TO YESTERDAY... EXPECT READINGS TO CONTINUE TO SOAR THROUGH THE 90S... ALTHOUGH THE INSTANCES OF 100+ READINGS MAY NOT BE AS PLENTIFUL AS YESTERDAY GIVEN THE ARRIVAL OF THE CONVECTION FROM OUR NORTHWEST... AND WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOME HIGH-BASED CONVECTIVE AND SEA-BREEZE CLOUDS. THE SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPS WILL BE MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE HIGHER HUMIDITY TO CREATE OPPRESSIVE HEAT INDEX VALUES... THUS THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BE LEFT AS IS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... SINCE SUCCESSIVE DAYS OF THIS KIND OF HEAT WITH SCANT LITTLE RELIEF AT NIGHT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO EXACERBATE THE RISKS OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. HIGHS 98-104 AND LOWS TONIGHT 71-77. -GIH && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 340 AM... MODELS CONSISTENT IN KEEPING SURFACE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO MONDAY NIGHT... BUT WITH RISING PRESSURES... WHILE 850 MILLIBAR HEIGHTS RELATIVELY STATIC. THUS EXPECT LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES TO FALL AND TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO RETREAT SOUTH. HOWEVER SOME HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER 99 DEGREES STILL EXPECTED... MAINLY SOUTH... AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. WITH LOW 70S DEWPOINTS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH... WILL RETAIN A EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF GOLDSBORO TO WADESBORO. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY VERIFY ELSEWHERE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY ONE... BUT TOO FAR OUT IN TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF ADVISORIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES 98 TO 101. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BECOME LESS STEEP BUT INSTABILITY AND POTENTIAL ENERGY SIMILAR TO SUNDAY PERSIST. CONVECTIVE TRIGGER TEMPERATURES CONTINUE HIGH AND MOST CONVECTION SHOULD NOT FIRE UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON MONDAY. SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIMARILY DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS BUT STRENGTH MINIMALLY TRIMMED BY LESS SEVERE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND REDUCED DOWNDRAFT CAPE. ONE INCH HAIL A LESSER THREAT. CONVECTION MOST LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT NEAR AND EAST OF THE SURFACE TROUGH... HIGHWAY ONE AND EAST. CONVECTION AND SEVERE THREAT MAY PERSIST TO SUNRISE WITH A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING ONCE THE NEAR SURFACE INVERSION SETS UP. AMPLE MOISTURE ABOVE 10000 FEET TO SUSTAIN CONVECTION. 40 PERCENT CHANCES EAST AND 30 WEST. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES FORECAST TO FALL TO NEAR 1425 METERS AT GREENSBORO BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL INHIBIT COOLING. STRONG DOWNDRAFTS MAY SEND SOME READINGS INTO THE UPPER 60S... BUT LOW TO MID 70S FOR LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE MORE COMMON. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 340 AM SUNDAY... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A GENERAL NW FLOW ALOFT AROUND THE MID LEVEL RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST -- A PATTERN FAVORABLE FOR RIDGE-RIDING CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS THIS TIME OF YEAR -- WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS PATTERN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WEAKNESS/SHEAR AXIS IN THE HOT MID LEVEL RIDGE...ENCOURAGED BY A TROUGH OFFSHORE THE PAC NW COAST THIS MORNING...BY THU INTO THE WEEKEND. BOTH PATTERNS SUGGEST PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE AT OR ABOVE CLIMO - IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE. CONSENSUS H85 TEMPS WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF 20 SUGGESTS CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS...WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY 92 TO 99 AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S EACH DAY AND NIGHT...RESPECTIVELY. && .AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 730 AM... A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYTIME... BUT BEST CHANCES WILL BE LAURINBURG TO GOLDSBORO AFTER 3 PM. DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE WELL AHEAD OF ANY MATURE THUNDERSTORMS. CONVECTION LIKELY TO PERSIST TO MIDNIGHT OR BEYOND. AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY ONE. FOG AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY WITH THE RISK OF STORMS INCREASING FOR MONDAY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUING WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH IN AND NEAR STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE... CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE AREA WIDE THROUGH THURSDAY OUTSIDE OF ANY MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .CLIMATE... DAILY RECORD HIGHS AND YEAR THE RECORD WAS LAST SET: JULY 1 (SUNDAY)-- RDU: 99 (2005) GSO: 98 (1954) FAY: 104 (1959) JULY 2 (MONDAY)-- RDU: 101 (1954) GSO: 98 (1954) FAY: 106 (1931) ALL TIME RECORD HIGHS: RDU: 105 DEGREES (6/29/2012, 8/21/2007, 8/18/1988, 7/23/1952) GSO: 104 DEGREES (7/27/1914, 6/12/1914, 6/12/1912) FAY: 107 DEGREES (8/9/2007, 7/22/1932) && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR NCZ078-083>086-088-089. && SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD NEAR TERM...HARTFIELD SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM...MWS AVIATION...99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 431 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 NCZ083>086-088-089-020845- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 431 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ078-020845- WAYNE- 431 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS INTO TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-073>077-020845- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH- EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- HARNETT- 431 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ021>023-038-039-020845- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- 431 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .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
1103 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCZ021-022-038-011800-
DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
1103 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE TRIAD REGION EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...
AT 1103 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. IF THESE STORMS MAINTAIN THIS TRACK...THEY WOULD EFFECT
THE WINSTON-SALEM GREENSBORO AREA BY 1 PM EDT.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL...AND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE
STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR SEVERAL MILES OUT AHEAD OF THE RAIN.
DUE TO THE STORMS FAST MOVEMENT...YOU SHOULD HEAD FOR SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE TOWNSEND OR ON THE YADKIN RIVER WEST OF
WINSTON-SALEM...BE ALERT FOR DARKENING SKIES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST
AND KNOW WHERE YOU WILL GO IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING STORMS. GET
OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
&&
LAT...LON 3626 8001 3626 7980 3625 7979 3589 8010
3613 8046 3614 8044 3621 8045 3622 8044
3624 8046 3626 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 304DEG 38KT 3693 8150
WSSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1230 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCZ021-022-011730-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
1230 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS FORSYTH AND WESTERN GUILFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1229 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONNAHA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EAST BEND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. GUSTY WINDS PRODUCED
BY THIS STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WAS OCCURRING WELL AHEAD OF IT.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DONNAHA...RURAL
HALL...STANLEYVILLE...WINSTON-SALEM...WALKERTOWN...SEDGE
GARDEN...KERNERSVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE TRIAD VICINITY THROUGH 2 PM. BESIDES STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE.
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.
BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS SUCH AS THE YADKIN RIVER WEST OF
WINSTON-SALEM...AND LAKE TOWNSEND NORTH OF GREENSBORO NEED TO SEEK
SAFE HARBOR NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 8008 3616 7963 3590 7975 3600 8004
3601 8005 3601 8006 3614 8045 3621 8045
3622 8044 3624 8046 3626 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 289DEG 35KT 3627 8053
WSSThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
38 hail, 34 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Four trees were reported down along Edwin Robertson Road.
Large hail to the size of golf balls completely destroyed 300 acres of tobacco, with other surrounding areas experiencing a 30 to 50 percent loss.
One tree fell on a house near Fairway Drive.
Numerous trees were reported down across Oxford, NC, including trees on houses along Coggeshall Street, Kearney Avenue, and College Street.
Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of Season Drive and Six Forks Road.
One tree was reported down on North Carolina Highway 98.
Hail up to the size of quarters was reported covering I-540.
Golf ball size hail was reported covering the ground.
Quarter size hail was reported along United States Highway 401.
A tree was uprooted and blown over onto a fence along Pulley Town Road.
Baseball size hail was reported along North Carolina Highway 97 near Frazier Road.
Golf ball size hail was reported at McArthur Road and Rosehill Road.
One tree was reported down on a car near Old Bailey Highway.
Quarter size hail was reported at the Smith Lake Campground.
Quarter size hail was reported at Lennox Drive and Grovewood Drive.
Half dollar size hail was covering the ground at Fort Bragg Road and Oakridge Avenue.
One tree was reported down along southbound I-95 near mile marker 123.
Trees and power lines were reported down on two houses, along with several more down trees and minor roof damage near the 6800 block of East Langley Road.
Large hail up to the size of tennis balls fell at Stewart Nissan, causing damage to nearly all 300 cars parked at the dealership. Some rear and front windows were shattered along with lots of dented cars.
Tennis ball size hail was reported at Mason Street and Arch Street.
A 40 foot tree was uprooted and blown over near North Carolina Highway 581 and Newsome Mill road.
A large oak tree fell onto a garage and motor home.
Numerous trees were reported down across Hickory Meadows Golf Course.
Golf ball size hail was reported on Hendrix Road.
Numerous trees were reported down across Wilson County, North Carolina.
One tree was reported down near Maxwell Road.
A large tree was reported down near East Langley Road and Bottom Dairy Road.
Several trees were reported down near Lake Royale.
Numerous trees were reported down in the Temperance Hall area, with 12 homes damgaged and one house destroyed. One individual was killed during clean up of the storm damage when a tree fell.
One tree fell on a vehicle with a person inside.
Several trees were reported down near Fremont, North Carolina.
Several trees were reported down on Red Hill Road.
One tree was reported down near Faith Baptist Church Road and North Carolina Highway 43.
Several trees were reported down on South Church Street.
One tree was reported down along North Carolina Highway 43 near Southwest Edgecombe High School.
Several trees were reported down along North Carolina Highway 55 and Thunder Swamp Road.
Numerous trees were reported down between Hobbton and Turkey.
One tree was reported down at Hayfield Road and Maxwell Road.
Several trees were reported down near Ivanhoe and Harrells.
One tree was reported down near 7225 Deep Springs Church Road.
One tree was reported down on Upper White Store Road.
One tree was reported down near the intersection of Upper White Store Road and Lower White Store Road.
One tree was partially blocking Tice Road near White Store Road.
One tree was reported down on Little Huntley Road and Long Pine Church Road.
One tree was reported down on power lines along Little Huntley Road near North Carolina Highway 109.
One tree was reported down across Reynolda Road near Carillon Drive.
One tree was reported down across Old Belews Creek Road near United States Highway 158.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Edgecombe | 2012-07-01 | 46 | Male | Golfing | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2012
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: 394022, 405935, 393740, 394023, 393741, 393742, 393743, 405933, 393744, 393745, 394028, 393746, 393747, 393748, 393749, 393750, 393996, 394008, 393751, 394054, 394021, 394012, 394014, 394025, 394018, 394009, 393752, 393755, 394020, 393753, 393754, 394010, 394011, 393998, 394032, 394013, 394036, 405931, 393997, 394016, and more.