A strong upper level low approaching the region interacted with a weak frontal zone producing scattered convection across the area. With peak heating, instability increased across the region and with relatively low freezing levels, numerous reports of large hail accompanied the scattered convection that developed.
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A strong upper level low approaching the region interacted with a weak frontal zone producing scattered convection across the area. With peak heating, instability increased across the region and with relatively low freezing levels, numerous reports of large hail accompanied the scattered convection that developed. There was also isolated wind damage.
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 Mar 24, 2:15 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 315 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS... UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGRESSES SOUTHEAST OVER THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE CAROLINAS IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 315 PM SATURDAY... OVERVIEW: A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER TN VALLEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD...CROSSING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND THEN THROUGH THE CAROLINAS ON SUNDAY. THE ATTENDANT SFC COLD FRONT HAS PROGRESSED EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN NC...AHEAD OF THE MATURE CYCLONE. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO THEN SLOW DOWN OR STALL OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...BEFORE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT: WHILE IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED...MIXING OF DRY AIR FROM ALOFT HAS FINALLY MIXED OUT THE LOW-LEVEL CLOUD DECK...WITH SIGNIFICANT BREAKS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE RESPONDING...WITH MID TO UPPER 70S NOW BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT IN THE WARM SECTOR IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NC. EXPECT THIS TEMPERATURE TREND TO SPREAD NORTH AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AIRMASS HAS DESTABILIZED AS A RESULT...WITH SPC MESOANALYSIS NOW INDICATING A 1000 TO 1500 J/KG OF SBCAPE OVER THE AREA. WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY IN PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A CONVECTIVE LINE SEGMENT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES FROM THE WEST WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LOW. MID-LEVEL WIND FIELD HAS INCREASED AS WELL...RESULTING IN 45 TO 50 KTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR AND LOWERING OF FREEZING LEVEL FROM 10KFT THIS AFTERNOON TO 8.5 KFT THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN A PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONALLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WITH AREAS METAR SITES BEGINNING TO SHOW SURFACE WIND BACKING TO SELY...AND EASTERLY IN SOME CASES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 8 PM FOR ALL AREAS WEST OF THE TRIANGLE...AND IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF STATE. THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WILL OCCUR FROM 2PM TO 10 PM...AND WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS MID-LEVEL WIND FIELDS WEAKEN AND BOUNDARY LAYER NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION WEAKENS INSTABILITY. WILL HOLD ONTO LIKELY POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON... DECREASING TO CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT. LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN THE WEST/NW PIEDMONT TO AROUND 60 IN THE COASTAL PLAIN...COOLEST IN THE WEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE STALLED SURFACE COLD FRONT. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT: IF THERE IS A LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY SUNDAY MORNING... INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNDERNEATH THE -20 TO 21C H5 COLD CORE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WARM SECTOR EAST OF THE SFC COLD FRONT WHERE STRONGER HEATING WITHIN THE LINGERING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TONGUE SHOULD SUPPORT MARGINAL INSTABILITY BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 J/KG OF MUCAPE. HOWEVER...VERY WEAK FLOW BENEATH THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL FAVOR PULSE AS THE MAIN CONVECTIVE MODE WITH THE WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL THREATS LIKELY REMAINING MARGINAL. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE THREAT OF SMALL TO MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL FOR SUNDAY IN THE HWO. HIGHS SUNDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM LOWER 70S NW TO MID/UPPER 70S IN THE EAST. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM EXITING...WITH DRIER AIR/CLEARING FILTERING INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AOA DAYBREAK. LOWS RANGING FROM LOWER TO MID 50S NORTHWEST TO MID/UPPER 50S SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY... ON MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL EXIT OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND AN H500 RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST TO TAKE ITS PLACE. AT THE SURFACE THE PARENT HIGH WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ONTARIO. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH ON MONDAY AND CONDITIONS MAY BECOME GUSTY BY AFTERNOON IN A WELL MIXED LAYER...15-20 KNOTS. THE ONSET OF COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE GENERALLY WEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAVE ONE MORE DAY OF HIGH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES. WITH DEWPOINTS RUNNING IN THE 40S...DRY AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HIGHS NEAR 80 WITH LOWS TUESDAY MORNING IN THE MID 40S. STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW TURNS NORTHWESTERLY. THE DAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION WITH LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. HIGHS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN MONDAY AS THICKNESSES DROP 40-50 METERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S...LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY... ON WEDNESDAY THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. A SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH. EXPECT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ON WEDNESDAY AS CENTRAL NC WILL BE STUCK BETWEEN THE DEPARTING HIGH AND THE APPROACHING LOW. ANY PRECIPITATION WITH THE FRONT SHOULD STAY WELL NORTH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...KEEPING CONDITIONS WARM AND DRY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER ABOUT 10 DEGREES FROM TUESDAY AND MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL BEGIN FROM THE SOUTH AS DEWPOINTS WILL RISE INTO THE 50S BY THE END OF THE DAY. HIGHS MID TO UPPER 70S WITH LOWS THURSDAY MORNING IN THE LOWER 50S. THURSDAY IS THE MOST UNCERTAIN DAY IN THE LONG TERM WITH REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE FRONT DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH WILL FOR ONE MAKE IT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE CWA...AND TWO IF IT WILL BRING PRECIPITATION OR NOT. AT CURRENT TIME THE ECMWF BRINGS IT THROUGH AS A DRY FRONT BY 12Z THURSDAY...WHILE THE GFS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST BRINGING SOME SHOWERS THROUGH AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA AND THEN DRIES OUT WHILE LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH 18Z OR SO. FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS IN THE NORTH AND KEEP THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA DRY...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. WITH THE FRONT LINGERING...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL MAKE IT UP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WITH A LITTLE BIT COOLER ACROSS THE NORTH. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND GRADUALLY VEER TO NORTHWESTERLY AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE GENERALLY DRY BEHIND THE FRONT ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON SATURDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE ECMWF KEEPS THE AREA DRY...HOLDING OFF PRECIPITATION UNTIL SUNDAY WHEREAS THE GFS BRINGS IN SCATTERED SHOWERS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SINCE THIS SYSTEM APPEARS WEAK AT THIS TIME...TIMING OF THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION MAY BE LARGELY DETERMINED BY HOW FAR OFF OF THE COAST THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES ON SATURDAY. WITH LIGHT UPPER LEVEL FLOW...WILL GO WITH THE ECMWF AT THIS TIME WHICH KEEPS THE HIGH CLOSER TO SHORE AND THUS DRY CONDITIONS FOR SATURDAY. HIGHS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 1250 PM SATURDAY... 24-HR TAF PERIOD: LINGERING MVFR STRATUS ACROSS THE AREA WILL MIX OUT BY 20 TO 21Z AS MID-LEVEL DRY AND CONVECTIVE MIXING SPREADS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. FROM 20 TO 06Z...A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS EAST INTO WESTERN NC IN ADVANCE OF A DEEP CLOSED CYCLONE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TN VALLEY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES FROM THE WEST WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LOW. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...INCLUDING THE KGSO AND KINT TAF SITES THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. AS SUCH WILL INTRODUCE A PERIOD OF THUNDER AT THESE TAF SITES. GIVEN CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE EASTWARD EVOLUTION OF THESE STORMS...WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY MENTION OF STORMS EAST OF THE TRIAD AT THIS TIME. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY BETWEEN 10 TO 12KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BEYOND 06Z...CONVECTIVE LINE SHOULD BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA WITH A LULL OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT BETWEEN 06 TO 12Z. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING COULD SUPPORT IFR TO LIFR STRATUS ALONG THE FRONT...WHILE AREAS REMAINING IN THE WARM SECTOR EAST OF THE FRONT COULD SEE AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE IN SOME SPOTS. EXPECT ANY FOG TO STRATUS TO LIFT BY 15Z SUNDAY WITH ISOLD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. I LOOKING AHEAD: OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WEST TO EAST CLEARING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CBL NEAR TERM...CBL SHORT TERM...RTE LONG TERM...RTE AVIATION...CBL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1254 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 NCZ008>011-025>028-041>043-076>078-085-086-088-089-251700- GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1254 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALTHOUGH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGRESSES SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE CAROLIN AS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. NCZ007-021>024-038>040-073>075-083-084-251700- PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND- 1254 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 105 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALTHOUGH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGRESSES SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE CAROLIN AS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
108 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
NCZ089-241800-
SAMPSON-
108 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 108 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF IVANHOE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ELIZABETHTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...IVANHOE...HARRELLS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 7832 3467 7833 3470 7838 3477 7842
3512 7818 3505 7815 3489 7814 3474 7819
3472 7814 3472 7811 3471 7811 3468 7815
3456 7824 3455 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 218DEG 32KT 3452 7833
22SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-241930-
EDGECOMBE-HALIFAX-JOHNSTON-NASH-WAYNE-WILSON-
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE...JOHNSTON...
NASH...WILSON...HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 240 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL
PLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE
CURRENTLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...WITH ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE WEST AROUND THE TRIANGLE AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ROCKY
MOUNT...GOLDSBORO...TARBORO...WILSON...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3600 7740 3582 7735 3580 7747 3557 7782
3518 7783 3515 7790 3519 7801 3518 7816
3529 7831 3527 7850 3534 7853 3580 7830
3630 7794 3651 7790 3649 7764 3641 7754
3632 7757 3633 7744 3622 7738 3610 7722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 210DEG 28KT 3534 7812
22The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported just south of Elm City and lasted approximately 2 minutes.
Quarter size hail was reported several miles north of Salemburg and lasted for about 7 minutes.
Quarter sized hail was reported just north of Midway and lasted for several minutes.
Quarter sized hail was reported in Lexington.
Two trees were blown down in Locust.
One tree was blown down near Lake Townsend at the intersection of Bass Chapel Road and Netfield Road.
Quarter sized hail was reported several miles west of Pleasant Garden near the intersection of Old Randleman Road and Highway 220.
Half dollar sized hail was reported near Durham.
Quarter sized hail was reported along a swath from the city of Hillsborough to a couple of miles southeast of the city.
A tree was blown onto a house on Fairview Farm Road near Liberty.
Quarter sized hail was reported a few miles east of Climax, near the intersection of Liberty Road and Highway 421.
Half dollar sized hail was reported in Burlington.
One tree was blown down several miles southwest of Concord on Wagstaff Carver Road.
Quarter sized hail was reported along a swath from a couple of miles southwest of Swepsonville to couple of miles southeast of Haw River.
Quarter sized hail was reported in the city of Roxboro.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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