With a moderately unstable air mass in place, scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and early evening hours as an upper level trough and associated cold front approached the region. Several reports of wind damage were received as some of the storms became severe.
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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 RAH wrote it up.
With a moderately unstable air mass in place, scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and early evening hours as an upper level trough and associated cold front approached the region. Several reports of wind damage were received as some of the storms became severe. In addition, an MCV tracked east across north central North Carolina and enhanced the shear enough across the area to result in rotation in some of the storms. One of the storms produced an EF0 tornado near Louisburg in Franklin County that resulted in substantial tree damage and significant damage to several manufactured homes.
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 18, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 250 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY...AND CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO CENTRAL NC FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM TUESDAY... SLIGHT TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS RESIDES OVER CENTRAL NC AT MID-AFTERNOON THANKS TO PEAKS OF SUN HEATING UP AN AIR MASS WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. UPSTAIRS...A VORT MAXIMUM OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS CONTINUES TO ROTATE EASTWARD WITH ATTENDANT SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING SWWD ALONG THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS MID LEVEL FEATURE AIDING TO ENHANCE THE 925-850MB FLOW WHICH IS ADVECTING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE INTO THE COLUMN. LATEST SATELLITE TOTAL BLEND PRECIP WATER PRODUCT DEPICTS VALUES BETWEEN 1.8-2 INCHES OVER OUR FORECAST AREA. THOUGH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE MEAGER...ENOUGH JUICE EXISTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS CROSSES THE REGION. CURRENT 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES IN THE 30-40KT RANGE OVER THE NW PIEDMONT SUPPORT THE IDEA OF CONVECTION FORMING INTO A LINE AS IT MARCHES EAST-SE. CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED STRONG-SEVERE STORM WITH WIND GUSTS 40-50 MPH. STILL BELIEVE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL RATES 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE IN A FEW OF THE STORMS. FORTUNATELY STEERING WINDS CLOSE TO 25KTS SO STORMS WITH THIS MAGNITUDE OF RAIN SHOULD NOT SETTLE OVER ONE SPOT VERY LONG. BULK OF CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS AS WELL AS THE 11Z HRRR SUGGEST THE BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION CROSSING THE PIEDMONT BETWEEN 21Z-00Z...AND INTO THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN 23Z-02Z. PLAN TO MAINTAIN CATEGORICAL POPS IN THE NW PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD THESE HIGHER POPS SEWD WITH TIME. WILL INTRODUCE DECREASING POPS BY EARLY EVENING IN THE NW PIEDMONT...THEN TREND POPS LOWER OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST BETWEEN 02Z-06Z. OVERNIGHT...SFC COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS SEWD AND SHOULD LIE WSW-ENE ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHERN-SE COUNTIES AT DAYBREAK. THIS FEATURE SHOULD INTERACT WITH AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. STILL MUGGY OVERNIGHT THOUGH THE FAR N-NW SECTIONS MAY START TO FEEL A LITTLE LESS HUMID BY DAYBREAK. MIN TEMPS MID 60S TO NEAR 70. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM TUESDAY... STRONGER S/W IN THE NORTHERN STREAM WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC WHILE THE TAIL END OF THE SHEAR AXIS APPROACHES OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES BY EARLY EVENING. NLY FLOW BEHIND THE INITIAL MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL ADVECT DRIER AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR INTO CENTRAL NC. WHILE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY STICK AROUND DUE TO RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND CYCLONIC CURVATURE IN THE MID LEVEL FLOW...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS NUMEROUS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NOT AS ROBUST. EXPECT TWO MAIN AREAS OF PRECIP...ONE OVER THE FAR SOUTH IN VICINITY OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY SFC FRONT...AND THE OTHER OVER THE FAR NORTH AHEAD OF THE SWD ADVANCING MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS. PLAN TO CAP POPS NO HIGHER THAN 50 PERCENT (NEAR SC BORDER) WITH A 1-IN-3 CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTH. AS ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES IN THE EARLY EVENING...EXPECT MAJORITY OF THE CONVECTION TO DISSIPATE THOUGH A STRAY SHOWER MAY STILL OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THE SHEAR AXIS ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS SHEAR AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SE OVERNIGHT AND EXIT THE REGION BY DAYBREAK THU. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS FEATURE WILL AID TO DISSIPATE THE CLOUD COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT A FAIRLY UNIFORM TEMP FIELD WEDNESDAY DUE TO CLOUD COVERAGE AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION. MAX TEMPS NEAR 80 NORTH TO LOWER 80S SOUTH. MIN TEMPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 60S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM TUESDAY... THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HEIGHTS ALOFT RISE OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...WITH A SUBSIDENT AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN HIGHER THURSDAY RELATIVE TO FRIDAY...BETWEEN AN INCH AND 1.5 INCHES ON THE FORMER COMPARED TO A DECREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO AT OR BELOW AN INCH FRIDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS...AND PARTICULARLY THE LATTER...FORECAST ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND 850MB THURSDAY FOR AREAS OF CU TO FORM...MORE LIKELY TOWARD THE WESTERN PIEDMONT WHERE THE 850MB MOISTURE IS HIGHEST. K INDICES FALL FROM THE NORTHEAST AS WELL THURSDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY...WITH K INDICES WELL INTO NEGATIVE VALUES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN TERMS OF DEEP CONVECTION...AMPLE OVERALL CIN AND GRADUAL WARMING ALOFT WITH CONVERGENCE ALOFT SHOULD PRECLUDE THAT. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MORNING GUSTS WITH INITIAL MIXING THURSDAY IN THE LOWER TO MID TEENS KTS IN THE MODESTLY TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN AN INVERTED TROUGH OFF OF THE COAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...BUT OVERALL 925MB WINDS ARE MAINLY AROUND 10KT. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES SUGGEST HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S BOTH DAYS...CLOSE TO OR ON THE LOWER SIDE OF MOS GUIDANCE. OVERNIGHT LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT AROUND 60 TO THE MID 60S...MINS POSSIBLY TEMPERED A LITTLE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT BY SLIGHTLY GREATER UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE FORECAST BY BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER RIDGING CONTINUES TO BUILD IN. AROUND THE RIDGE...THERE COULD BE A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE OR TWO THAT ATTEMPTS TO MOVE...OR HAS SOME SUCCESS MOVING...INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MOISTURE OF THE MEAN AIR MASS...AND MOISTURE AT THE SURFACE...INCREASE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 70F BY MONDAY...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. WITH SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE GULF CURRENTLY FORECAST...IT SHOULD BE A GRADUAL MOISTURE INCREASE ESPECIALLY AT THE SURFACE...AND COARSE MODEL SOUNDINGS AT LEAST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAVE A GOOD CONSENSUS OF AT LEAST BEING WEAKLY CAPPED ALOFT. WILL MAINTAIN THE DRY FORECAST FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT WITH INCREASING MOISTURE...SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTING A WEAKNESS IN THE MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS TRANSLATING INTO COOLING ALOFT...AT LEAST SOME QPF BY MUCH OF THE CURRENT LONG-TERM GUIDANCE...AND MEX MOS POPS NEAR OR ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY...WILL INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FORCING SHOULD BE LIMITED TO WEAK SURFACE TROUGHINESS...SEA BREEZE...AND/OR WEAK MID-LEVEL PVA AT TIMES...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A RELATIVELY MOIST AIR MASS. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES GRADUALLY RISE...WHICH...ALONG WITH MOS GUIDANCE...WOULD SUGGEST HIGHS RISING TO AT OR ABOVE NORMAL BY SUNDAY. IF THE SURFACE DEW POINT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN FORECAST PRIMARILY DUE TO SLIGHTLY LESS MIXING...MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES COULD RISE TO AROUND 100 BY MONDAY. && .AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1210 PM TUESDAY... A SURFACE COLD FRONT SLOWLY ADVANCING SOUTHEASTWARD WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITY WITH POCKETS OF IFR CEILING/VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE TRIAD TERMINALS AROUND 10 PM...THE KRDU/KRWI TERMINALS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM...AND THE KFAY VICINITY BETWEEN 3-5 AM. AHEAD THE BOUNDARY EXPECT IFR CEILINGS ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL BE NOTED BY SURFACE WINDS VEERING FROM THE SW TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER MORE STABLE AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE EXITING FRONT. EXPECT A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS THOUGH A STRATOCU DECK WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BASES 3000-4000FT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO AND LINGER OVER CENTRAL NC WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS LEADING TO VFR PARAMETERS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG...MAINLY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WSS NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...DJF AVIATION...WSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1052 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-190930- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1052 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME LOCATION...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. ALSO A STRONG STORM OR TWO MAY PRODUCE A WIND GUST UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCZ021-022-038-182100-
DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THROUGH 5 PM EDT...
AT 345 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 31 MILES NORTH
OF STOKESDALE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RURAL HALL TO 9 MILES WEST OF
DONNAHA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RIDGEWAY TO DANBURY TO EAST BEND...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS INCLUDE...DONNAHA...RURAL
HALL...STANLEYVILLE...PFAFFTOWN...WALKERTOWN...WINSTON-SALEM.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE
PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3614 8044 3622 8044 3626 8045 3625 7954
3619 7954 3612 7964 3591 8010 3592 8037
3596 8038 3599 8043 3601 8042 3606 8047
3611 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 298DEG 24KT 3664 7976 3637 8021
3620 8057
WSSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
427 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCZ007-023>025-182200-
ALAMANCE-DURHAM-ORANGE-PERSON-
427 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SECTIONS OF
PERSON...ORANGE...DURHAM AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 600
PM EDT...
AT 425 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES NORTH OF UNION RIDGE...OR ABOUT OVER
YANCEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CONCORD...BETHEL
HILL...AND ROXBORO. OTHER STORMS WILL AFFECT MEBANE AND HILLSBOROUGH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
35 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING
AROUND TRASH CANS...AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3638 7880 3616 7882 3612 7953 3621 7954
3625 7953 3625 7916 3650 7915 3655 7913
3655 7886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 253DEG 20KT 3640 7940
WSSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCZ024-025-182145-
DURHAM-ORANGE-
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF ORANGE AND DURHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 505 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CARRBORO...OR ABOUT OVER CHAPEL HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHAPEL HILL...
DURHAM...BETHESDA...GORMAN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 259 AND 283.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 161 AND 182.
THIS INCLUDES THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN EXITS 5 AND 16.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING AROUND LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS. PERSONS TRAVELLING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
COMMUTE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEFLY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY
RAIN...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN
AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 7881 3612 7880 3587 7883 3590 7915
3610 7921 3617 7896 3617 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 258DEG 20KT 3598 7909
DJFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCZ008>010-026-041-182245-
FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WAKE-WARREN-
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN WAKE...
GRANVILLE... VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM...
AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES
SOUTH OF BUTNER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF DURHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER OXFORD.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CREEDMOOR...PURNELL...
YOUNGSVILLE...FRANKLINTON...LOUISBURG...INGLESIDE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 184 AND 223.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT
IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND
USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3603 7823 3590 7882 3593 7880 3592 7876
3595 7873 3600 7870 3603 7872 3602 7874
3603 7875 3607 7875 3607 7879 3609 7881
3655 7879 3655 7830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 251DEG 23KT 3602 7875
BADGETTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
558 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW CONCORD 36.43N 79.09W
06/18/2013 PERSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE PINE TREE DOWN NEAR 1371 MAURICE DANIELS ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1300689
KRRThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple large oak trees were blown down at the Wakefield Plantation Gold Course.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado with a 1.25 mile damage path briefly touched down approximately 6 miles southeast of Youngsville in Franklin County, North Carolina. A significant area of tree damage was noted along Highway 401, near the intersection of Thompson Lane. The damage here consisted of a large stand of trees that had been blown down. The damage here suggested wind gusts with speeds of 80 mph. The most significant damage of this particular event was noted in the Wyndfield Neighborhood. The tornado reached its widest point at this location, reaching a maximum width of 150 yards. The damage at this location consisted of manufactured homes that experienced partial uplift of roofing material, shingle damage, and siding damage. In addition, dozens of hard and soft wood trees were blown down. The damage here suggested wind gusts with speeds of 85 mph. To the east-northeast of this location, the tornado path appeared to narrow as it approached Tarboro Road near the Harris Chapel Baptist Church. At this location, numerous headstones at an adjacent cemetery were blown over, and once again dozens of trees were noted to be blown down. The tornado appeared to cross Tarboro Road just south of the Braeburn subdivision. The damage pattern among the trees just east of Tarboro Road suggested that the tornado had lifted at this location. The damage at this location suggested wind gusts with speeds of 75 mph. In additon, straight-line wind damage immediately preceded and followed the time that the tornado was on the ground.
A light pole was blown down on NC 33 in Whitakers. In addition, multiple trees were blown down in Kingsboro.
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