Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a lee side trough across the Northeast Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain. Some of these storms became severe and produced damaging winds and a few quarter sized hail reports as an upper level disturbance moved across the area in the late afternoon into the evening time frame.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a lee side trough across the Northeast Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain. Some of these storms became severe and produced damaging winds and a few quarter sized hail reports as an upper level disturbance moved across the area in the late afternoon into the evening time frame.
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 4, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 315 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE CAROLINAS WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... AS OF 100 PM WEDNESDAY... OVERVIEW: NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE CAROLINAS TODAY... ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL MS RIVER VALLEY. 15Z WV IMAGERY...SPC MESOANALYSIS AND THE LATEST RAP MODEL DATA INDICATED A SHORTWAVE UPSTREAM OF THE AREA OVER KY/WV/VA. TEMPERATURES: THE FORECAST TODAY WILL HIGHLY DEPEND ON THE EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION THIS AFT/EVE. W/REGARD TO HIGHS...1000-850 MB THICKNESSES ARE PROGGED AT 1435-1440 METERS ACROSS THE AREA BY 00Z THIS EVENING... WITH H85 TEMPS IN VICINITY OF ~20C. AS LONG AS CONVECTION OCCURS NEAR OR AFTER PEAK HEATING...EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 90S...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT SIMILAR TO THIS MORNING...IN THE LOWER 70S...OR 71-74F. PRECIPITATION CHANCES: W/REGARD TO THERMODYNAMICS...MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 5.5-6 C/KM TODAY...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AND SUBSTANTIALLY WEAKER THAN EARLIER THIS WEEK /LAST WEEKEND/ WHEN AN 'UNREGIONALLY' STRONG ELEVATED MIXED LAYER WAS PRESENT. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 60S IN THE WEST/NW PIEDMONT (WESTERN PERIPHERY OF LEE TROUGH) TO NEAR 70F IN THE SANDHILLS/COASTAL PLAIN (EASTERN PERIPHERY OF LEE TROUGH)...ANTICIPATE SEASONABLE MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG DURING PEAK HEATING...PERHAPS UP TO 2500 J/KG OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. W/REGARD TO FORCING... A LEE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE PRESENT OVER CENTRAL NC...IN VICINITY OF THE HWY 1 CORRIDOR. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE ENERGY UPSTREAM IN KY/WV/VA AT 15Z IS PROGGED TO PROGRESS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 21Z THIS AFTERNOON AND 03Z TONIGHT. THE LATEST HIGH-RES CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD CONVECTION BETWEEN 18-21Z IN VICINITY OF THE LEE TROUGH...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE GENERALLY BETWEEN 21Z THIS AFTERNOON AND 03Z TONIGHT. GIVEN SEASONABLE INSTABILITY...A LEE SURFACE TROUGH AS A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS...SHORTWAVE ENERGY PROGRESSING SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA AROUND/SHORTLY AFTER PEAK HEATING...AND HIGH-RES CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS INDICATING AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION...HAVE UPPED PRECIP CHANCES TO 40% EVERYWHERE THIS AFT/EVE. WILL INDICATE PRECIP CHANCES DECREASING BY MIDNIGHT AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE PROGRESSES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD SC AND IN ANTICIPATION OF CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING/STABILIZATION. ISOLATED CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT DEPENDING ON COVERAGE LATER THIS AFT/EVE AND WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES PROGRESS INTO THE AREA VIA NW FLOW ALOFT...AND WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS IN THE FORECAST EVERYWHERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT: 16Z SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATED MLCAPE VALUES RANGING FROM 1500-2500 J/KG...WITH LITTLE TO NO CIN. DIURNAL CU HAS JUST BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF THE LEE TROUGH OVER MOORE/LEE/CHATHAM COUNTIES AS OF 1645Z. ALTHOUGH ISOLD CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN VICINITY OF THE LEE TROUGH BETWEEN 18-21Z...EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION IN THE 21-03Z TIME FRAME AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES ARE PROGGED TO RANGE FROM 15-25 KT...SUPPORTIVE OF MULTICELL ORGANIZATION AT BEST. HOWEVER...GIVEN A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG COLD POOLS IN ASSOC/W HIGH DCAPE (1000-1500 J/KG) AND RELATIVELY LARGE (~30F) SURFACE T/TD SPREADS...ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION COULD ORGANIZE ALONG OUTFLOW AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY IF COVERAGE IS MINIMAL PRIOR TO MAX HEATING (~21Z) AND A RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED AIRMASS IS IN PLACE WHEN THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH. WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...EXPECT A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SEVERE STORMS WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT APPEARS GREATEST BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. -VINCENT && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 220 PM WEDNESDAY... CENTRAL NC REMAINS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF A SLOWLY BUILDING MISSOURI ALLEY RIDGE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. FLOW AT LOW AND MID LEVELS IS FROM THE NORTHWEST SUPPORTS THE MAINTENANCE OF A LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA. LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS GENERALLY LACKING BUT BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE A SUBTLE WAVE IN THE NW FLOW MOST COHERENT AT 850/700 MB AS WELL AS ALOFT ON THE 1.5 PV SURFACE. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEE TROUGH AND PERHAPS DIFFERENTIAL HEATING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEABREEZE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION. UPSTREAM CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT IN THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THAT CONVECTION LIKELY TO SPILL SOUTHEAST AND POTENTIAL MOVING INTO THE NW PIEDMONT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THICKNESS VALUES ON THURSDAY CLIMB TO BETWEEN 1440-1450M WITH 850 MB TEMPS AROUND 22-23 DEG C. WITH SUFFICIENT INSOLATION...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 98-101 RANGE. WITH DEWPOINTS HOLDING IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S EAST OF THE LEE TROUGH...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK AT AROUND 105 DEGREES...PLAN ON ISSUING A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD RANGE IN THE MID 70S. -BLAES && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 310 PM WEDNESDAY... NEAR RECORD HIGHS AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WELL OVER 100 FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED RANGE FEATURES A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THAT PERSISTS INTO SUNDAY WITH A MODEST SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NC AND VA. THE AIR MASS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE HOT BUT NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS THE PERIOD LAST WEEK. AFTERNOON THICKNESS VALUES CLIMB INTO THE 1440-1450M RANGE WITH 850 MB TEMPS RANGING BETWEEN 22-24 DEG C DURING THE PERIOD. THE WARMEST AIR MASS WILL EXTEND ACROSS VA INTO WV/NW NC INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH TEMPS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 96-101 ALL THREE DAYS WITH SATURDAY LIKELY THE HOTTEST DAY AND SUNDAY THE COOLEST. WITH DEWPOINTS THAT RANGE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON ALL THREE DAYS...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 105 FOR A FEW HOURS EACH DAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...SANDHILLS AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DURING THE PERIOD BUT EACH DAY WILL FEATURE THE THREAT OF ISOLATED CONVECTION. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE ON FRIDAY WHEN A WEAK SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC...THE GFS/ECMWF SUGGEST A STRONGER FEATURE THAN THE NAM. THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS CENTRAL NC ON FRIDAY FEATURES STEEP LOW AND FAIRLY STEEP MID LAYER LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH A MODEST WIND FIELD AND VERY LITTLE SHEAR. UPPER HEIGHTS BEGIN TO DROP ON SUNDAY AND THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHWESTERLY SUGGESTING SOME MCS ACTIVITY IN THE OH VALLEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO IMPACT MAINLY THE NORTHERN LOCATIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC RETREATS ON MONDAY AS TROUGHING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE RETROGRADES INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO VA AND NC ON MONDAY AND DROPS INTO THE CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION AND THIS NECESSITATES POPS IN THE 30-50 PERCENT RANGE. A COOLER AIRMASS SHOULD TRICKLE INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR NORMAL. HIGHS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. -BLAES && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY... 24-HR TAF PERIOD: OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS TO PREVAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 21Z THIS AFTERNOON AND 03Z TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PROGRESSES INTO CENTRAL NC FROM THE NORTH. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SURFACE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35-50 KNOTS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE THE EXACT EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION (AND WHETHER OR NOT INDIVIDUAL TERMINALS WILL BE AFFECTED) THIS AFT/EVE...AND HAVE OPTED TO ACCOUNT FOR IT BY INCLUDING A TEMPO GROUP DURING THE MOST LIKELY 4-HR PERIOD FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP (AS OUTLINE IN NEAR TERM SECTION OF AFD). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD (AFTER MIDNIGHT)...THOUGH PROBABILITIES ARE LOWER THAN THIS AFT/EVE. LOOKING AHEAD: ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH PRIMARILY AFTERNOON/EVENING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND IN ASSOCIATION WITH N/NW FLOW ALOFT ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. OTHERWISE...ANTICIPATE VFR CONDITIONS TO PREDOMINATE. -VINCENT && .CLIMATE... HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND YEAR RECORD LAST SET. RALEIGH-DURHAM... GREENSBORO... 07/04 99 2011 98 1970 07/05 102 1999 98 1990 07/06 102 1999 100 1977 07/07 102 2010 101 1977 07/08 103 1977 102 1977 FAYETTEVILLE... 07/04 98 1953 07/05 101 2002 07/06 99 1990 07/07 103 2010 07/08 102 1977 && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR NCZ011-027- 028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089. && SYNOPSIS...VINCENT NEAR TERM...VINCENT SHORT TERM...BLAES LONG TERM...BLAES AVIATION...VINCENT CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 410 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-052015- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 410 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER...AND TO BE PREPARED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-083-084-052015- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- 410 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER...AND TO BE PREPARED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
238 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM HAIL 6 N CENTERVILLE 36.27N 78.09W
07/01/2012 E1.00 INCH WARREN NC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1200513
SECSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
253 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
NCZ077-041930-
HARNETT-
253 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM EDT...
AT 253 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LILLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUIES
CREEK...COATS...AND ERWIN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3535 7889 3554 7879 3551 7868 3550 7869
3550 7867 3547 7865 3545 7862 3540 7860
3533 7853 3531 7854 3530 7858 3528 7858
3526 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 285DEG 11KT 3542 7878
VINCENTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 NCZ075>077-042030- MOORE-LEE-HARNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON 322 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SANDHILLS... AT 315 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOORE...LEE AND HARNETT COUNTIES... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 430 PM INCLUDE...SANFORD AND LILLINGTON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND OUTDOOR TENTS...IN ADDITION TO BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INSIDE AT THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. VINCENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 333 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 NCZ041-042015- WAKE- 333 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 333 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RALEIGH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FALLS LAKE...RALEIGH... NEW HOPE...KNIGHTDALE. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN EXITS 7 AND 26. THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN EXITS 95 AND 101. SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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. 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. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. && LAT...LON 3584 7831 3559 7868 3575 7889 3604 7865 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 296DEG 10KT 3587 7864 ELLIS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down near United States Highway 264 and North Carolina Highway 231.
One tree was reported down in the 4800 block of Yadkin Drive.
Power lines were reported down on Alleghany Drive.
Numerous trees were reported down across southeastern portions of Moore County, North Carolina.
A power line was reported down on St. Marys Church Road.
One tree was blown down at the corner of Vestavia Woods Drive and Hepworth Court.
One tree was reported down at Moores Crossroads.
Multiple trees were reported down, including one on a house.
Several power poles were blown over on Blalock Road.
Quarter size hail was reported near Nash Street and Poplar Streets.
Several trees were reported down June Johnson Road.
Quarter size hail was reported along Gold Sand Road.
Numerous trees were reported down across the Franklin County.
Several trees were reported down across and around the Centerville area.
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: 394361, 394353, 394092, 394098, 394101, 394365, 394363, 394359, 394364, 394081, 394088, 394351, 394084, 394357, 394362.