As a wedge front retreated northwestward into the western piedmont of North Carolina, modest warm sector destabilization via low-level warm advection and weak surface heating resulted in weak to moderate instability across central North Carolina. A line of strong to severe storms in advance of a strong mid-level trough approaching the Appalachians progressed eastward across central North…
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
As a wedge front retreated northwestward into the western piedmont of North Carolina, modest warm sector destabilization via low-level warm advection and weak surface heating resulted in weak to moderate instability across central North Carolina. A line of strong to severe storms in advance of a strong mid-level trough approaching the Appalachians progressed eastward across central North Carolina during the afternoon hours, producing a long swath of wind damage from Stanley County northeastward to Halifax County. The damage was most extensive across Wake County, with numerous uprooted and toppled trees across the Triangle, highlighted by a measured 86 mph wind gust at the Raleigh-Durham International. Four people were injured from fallen trees or large tree limbs , including one fatality.
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 Jan 11, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1045 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NC LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1045 AM SATURDAY... FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR STRONG- SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL NC. WELL-DEFINED SQUALL LINE EXITING UPSTATE SC AT 1520Z PROGRESSING ENE AT 30-35 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS CONVECTIVE BAND WILL THREATEN OUR WESTERN-SW COUNTIES SHORTLY BEFORE NOON THEN TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 21Z. THIS SCENARIO IS ABOUT 2-3 HOURS FASTER COMPARED TO MODEL GUIDANCE FROM YESTERDAY...AND A TAD FASTER COMPARED TO NEAR TERM GUIDANCE. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS BEST BULK SHEAR (40-50KTS) LYING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WHILE POCKET OF BEST INSTABILITY (MLCAPE CLOSE TO 1000 J/KG) IMMEDIATELY TO OUR SOUTH-SE. EXPECT THIS LAYER OF INSTABILITY TO EXPAND NWD AS AIRMASS CONTINUES TO WARM AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. THIS SUGGEST AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL HELICITY ON THE ORDER OF 250-350 M2/S2 POSITIONED AHEAD OF THE LINE SUPPORTS POTENTIAL FOR WEAK ISOLATED TORNADOES...EITHER EMBEDDED IN THE LINE OR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE ENHANCED OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES WHERE NEAR SFC INSTABILITY GREATER/DEEPER. OTHERWISE...APPEARS MAX TEMPS IN THE 70-75 DEGREE RANGE LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 WITH 60S TO NEAR 70 ALONG OUR WESTERN BORDER. PRESENCE OF LOW LEVEL JET (50-55KTS) SHOULD RESULT IN GUSTY SFC WINDS AHEAD OF THE CONVECTION WITH GUSTS AROUND 30-35 MPH PROBABLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING VARIED FROM JUST UNDER AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS TWO-THREE INCHES IN THE FAY VICINITY. CONTEMPLATED A POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE...EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO BE LOCALIZED AND CONFINED TO URBAN AREAS. PLAN TO HANDLE WITH URBAN/SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES AT THIS TIME. -WSS TONIGHT...MORE STABLE AIR MOVES INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS FAIRLY SUBSIDENT BY 06Z. LINGERING SHOWERS...AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM IN THE COASTAL PLAIN EARLY TONIGHT... DIMINISH WEST-TO-EAST AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FALL TO AROUND A QUARTER-INCH BY 12Z SUNDAY. THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND EXPECT A FEW MID-LEVEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...BUT MODELS ARE STRONGLY DRY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. OVERNIGHT LOWS UPPER 30S IN THE TRIAD TO THE MID 40S TOWARD KCTZ...AROUND 40 IN THE U.S. 1 CORRIDOR. -DJF && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 305 AM SATURDAY... SUNDAY...SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES OVERALL...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FALLING BELOW A QUARTER-INCH SUNDAY UNDER BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT. WITH MIXING...THE GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A FEW WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT SUNDAY BEFORE WINDS SLACKEN AS THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH PULLS AWAY TO THE EAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD. HIGHS IN THE MID 50 TO AROUND 60. SUNDAY NIGHT...THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST WHICH COULD ALLOW A RETURN OF A FEW HIGH CLOUDS INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE UPPER FLOW BACKS SOUTHWEST. THE RELATIVELY STRONGER 300MB WINDS REMAIN SOUTHWEST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH 12Z MONDAY...THOUGH...SO ANY HIGH CLOUDS THAT MOVE IN SHOULD BE SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY THIN BROKEN AT TIMES. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S...COOLEST AND CLOSE TO FREEZING IN SOME OF THE TYPICALLY COOLER LOCATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. -DJF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN PROGRESSIVE FLOW ALOFT WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MS VALLEY MONDAY...WITH PRECEDING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT YIELDING CONSIDERABLE MID-HIGH CLOUDINESS DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC. DESPITE THE INCREASING CLOUDINESS...TEMPERATURES WILL TREND ABOVE AVERAGE BY SOME 8-12 DEGREES...IN RETURN SSW FLOW AROUND PROGRESSIVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. MODEL DIFFERENCES THAT DEVELOP EARLY IN THE PERIOD - SIMILAR TO THOSE EVIDENT DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MODEL ITERATIONS - CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE MON NIGHT-TUE TIME FRAME. THAT IS...THE ECMWF AND ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLE MEMBERS FAVOR A SLOWER TROUGH PROGRESSION...WITH MORE SOUTHERN STREAM DOMINANCE...AND CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW FOR MORE APPRECIABLE MOISTURE TRANSPORT FARTHER INLAND THAN A MORE SUPPRESSED/OFFSHORE GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN SOLUTION. WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECAST CONTINUITY AND CONTINUED WPC PREFERENCE TOWARD THE WETTER-FOR CENTRAL-NC ECMWF SOLUTIONS...AND AS SUCH...CARRY A HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY PROBABILITY OF RAIN MON NIGHT-TUE...WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE QUARTER TO HALF INCH RANGE. CONTINUED RELATIVELY MILD...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 305 AM SATURDAY... MODEL DIFFERENCES CONTINUE INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE/LONG TERM...WITH THE ECMWF AND ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ON THE SLOWER AND MORE AMPLIFIED ENVELOPE OF SOLUTIONS REGARDING A TRAILING SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED STRONG CLIPPER SURFACER LOW FORECAST TO MIGRATE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND SOME DEGREE OF SECONDARY COASTAL CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST CENTERED AROUND WED. SINCE THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN QUESTION IS AN ELONGATED AXIS OF SHEAR VORTICITY SOUTHWEST OF THE ALEUTIANS...IN A REGION OUTSIDE OF THE DOMAIN OF THE EC AND GFS MODEL DATA AVAILABLE TO RAH...IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE A PREFERENCE TOWARD ONE CLUSTER OF SOLUTIONS OVER THE OTHER. BOTH CLUSTERS OF SOLUTIONS ARE RELATIVELY MOISTURE-STARVED THROUGH A DEEP LAYER AT OUR LATITUDE - NOT SURPRISING SINCE THE PRIMARY VORT AND CLIPPER SFC LOW PASS TO OUR NORTH - SO WE WILL ACCORDINGLY MAINTAIN THE FLAVOR OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON THE DAY WED. THERMAL PROFILES INDEED APPEAR QUITE COLD...PARTICULARLY ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER (IN THE H85-7 LAYER)..CHARACTERISTIC OF STEEP LAPSE RATE ALOFT/MOISTURE-STARVED SYSTEMS. THE NON-SPECIFIC MENTION OF "RAIN OR SNOW" WILL SUFFICE UNTIL A CLEARER MODEL PREFERENCE AND/OR CONSENSUS BECOMES APPARENT. CLEARING IN BRIEF MODIFIED POLAR HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR THU...IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER SHARPENING TROUGH ALOFT AND APPROACHING MOISTURE-STARVED SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE IN CONTINUED STRONGLY PROGRESSIVE FLOW ALOFT...FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 650 AM SATURDAY... WIDESPREAD IFR TO VLIFR CONDITIONS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN BECOMING MORE SCATTERED FOR A PERIOD AS IT TRANSITIONED TO A MORE SHOWERY CHARACTER. LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR REMAINED A CONCERN TOWARD THE TRIAD...WITH WIND SPEEDS STILL FAIRLY LIGHT AND NORTHERLY AT THE SURFACE THERE...VEERING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH AROUND 40KT BY 2000FT. IN ADDITION...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE TRIAD AND HAVE NOTED A TEMPORARY CONDITION WITH THUNDER IN THE KINT AND KGSO TAFS EARLY THIS MORNING. DURING THE REST OF THE DAY...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WITH A LIKELY BAND OF SHOWERS...AND AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE BAND ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TRIAD...BUT INSTABILITY INCREASES TO THE EAST...AND IT IS NOTED IN THE FORECASTS FOR KRDU...KFAY...AND KRWI WEST GUSTS TO 40KT DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN IT IS EXPECTED A STRONGLY-FORCED LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. NOTED SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN THE TRIAD WITH THE EXPECTED BAND...JUST SLIGHTLY LESS IN TERMS OF THE SPEED OF THE WESTERLY WIND GUSTS DUE TO LESSER INSTABILITY THERE. RAPID DRYING TAKES PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH CONDITIONS RETURNING TO VFR WEST-TO-EAST ACCOMPANIED BY A NOTICEABLE WEST WIND THAT REMAINS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WEST-NORTHWEST GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT ARE POSSIBLE WITH MIXING SUNDAY BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A PERIOD OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. ANOTHER PERIOD OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THEN AS WELL. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DJF NEAR TERM...WSS/DJF SHORT TERM...DJF/MWS LONG TERM...MWS AVIATION...DJF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1155 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 NCZ021-022-038-121030- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON- 1155 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH UP TO 50 MPH. EVEN OUTSIDE OF ANY STRONGER SHOWER OR STORM...WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 30 TO 35 MPH. THE THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THE SHOWERS AND ANY STORMS WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. GIVEN THE RECENT RAIN...WIND GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ007>011-023>028-039>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-121030- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM- FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1155 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...TORNADO WATCH 4 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST 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. TORNADO WATCH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES. EVEN OUTSIDE OF ANY STRONGER SHOWER OR STORM...WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AROUND 35 MPH. THE THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
915 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCZ007>010-024>026-040-041-111530-
VANCE-PERSON-WAKE-WARREN-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-DURHAM-
915 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN VANCE...SOUTHEASTERN
PERSON... WAKE... WARREN... GRANVILLE... EASTERN ORANGE...
FRANKLIN... CHATHAM AND DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EST...
AT 913 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF
OXFORD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF STREET FLOODING AS WELL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...HENDERSON...OXFORD...
HILLSBOROUGH...CREEDMOOR...PITTSBORO AND LOUISBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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... LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3589 7823 3558 7868 3558 7904 3563 7914
3557 7920 3557 7945 3654 7875 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 253DEG 32KT 3654 7869 3551 7947
GIHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
938 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCZ007>009-023>025-039>041-111530-
VANCE-PERSON-WAKE-RANDOLPH-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-CHATHAM-ALAMANCE-DURHAM-
938 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN VANCE... PERSON...
NORTHWESTERN WAKE... EASTERN RANDOLPH... GRANVILLE... ORANGE...
CHATHAM... ALAMANCE AND DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EST...
AT 937 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ROXBORO TO NEAR SILER CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR STREET
FLOODING AS WELL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...BURLINGTON...HENDERSON...
GRAHAM...OXFORD...ROXBORO AND SILER CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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... LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3646 7835 3567 7887 3563 7976 3589 7959
3590 7954 3597 7954 3624 7936 3624 7915
3654 7913 3654 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 239DEG 23KT 3656 7886 3580 7952
GIHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1038 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCZ007>010-024>026-040-041-076-111630-
VANCE-PERSON-WAKE-WARREN-GRANVILLE-LEE-ORANGE-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-
DURHAM-
1038 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR VANCE...SOUTHEASTERN PERSON...
NORTHWESTERN WAKE...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...GRANVILLE...LEE...
ORANGE...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...CHATHAM AND DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 AM EST...
AT 1036 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORLINA TO NEAR
GOLDSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...SANFORD...HENDERSON...
OXFORD...HILLSBOROUGH...CREEDMOOR AND PITTSBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3653 7805 3576 7873 3553 7898 3551 7898
3534 7915 3543 7933 3547 7936 3549 7934
3552 7936 3552 7945 3554 7949 3585 7927
3585 7924 3588 7925 3654 7878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 238DEG 33KT 3653 7842 3556 7928
10SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1049 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCZ026-027-041>043-077-088-111645-
WAKE-FRANKLIN-NASH-HARNETT-WILSON-CUMBERLAND-JOHNSTON-
1049 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
WAKE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN NASH...HARNETT...WESTERN
WILSON...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM
EST...
AT 1046 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARNETT AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES
...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...NASHVILLE...LILLINGTON...WILSON...WAKE
FOREST...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA AND CLAYTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3559 7804 3559 7806 3542 7816 3527 7850
3531 7854 3530 7858 3520 7864 3523 7890
3534 7915 3607 7844 3601 7814 3591 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 222DEG 56KT 3570 7838
10SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1053 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-111715- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE... ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET... EAST ROCKINGHAM 1053 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...INCREASING THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AROUND MID DAY AND ADVANCE STEADILY EAST. WINDS GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL TOPPLE TREES AND A FEW POWERLINES. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES....EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS... AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1158 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCZ021-022-038-039-111800-
GUILFORD-RANDOLPH-FORSYTH-DAVIDSON-
1158 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GUILFORD...RANDOLPH...FORSYTH AND
DAVIDSON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EST...
AT 1156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF
BELEWS CREEK TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...HIGH POINT...ASHEBORO...LEXINGTON...
RANDLEMAN...BELEWS CREEK...LINWOOD...THOMASVILLE AND KERNERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3614 8044 3626 8045 3624 7953 3551 7988
3550 8018 3559 8021 3568 8033 3572 8033
3575 8046 3584 8049 3584 8040 3587 8039
3589 8042 3589 8037 3595 8037 3599 8042
3602 8042 3606 8047 3604 8049 3608 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 260DEG 39KT 3630 8022 3558 8057
10The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:30 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was blown down on Barker Street in Albemarle. Power-lines were also blown down.
Multiple trees were blown down across the western half of the county, including Asheboro and Randleman.
Multiple trees and a few power-lines were blown down throughout the county.
Trees and power-lines were blown down throughout the western half of the county.
Tree were blown down county wide. Heaviest concentration of down trees was across the northern half of the county.
Trees and power-lines were blown down in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Blvd.
Numerous trees blown down throughout the county.
Widespread trees down throughout the county, with damage primarily consisted of uprooted trees, with several cases of trees falling onto houses. Monetary damages were estimated.
In the Brier Creek area, a condominium complex under construction was damaged by the winds on Bruckhaus Street. Four units that had just been framed were blown over.
A man struck by a fallen tree was breathing but was unconscious when emergency services arrived. He suffered multiple fractures and was taken to an area hospital.
A woman was killed when she and her husband and son were walking on Abbotts Creek Trail when a large tree limb and fell onto the family. The father son sustained minor injuries.
A tree fell on and seriously injured a man in the Wakefield area.
Shed demolished on Joyner Bridge Road and Rhodes Pond Road in Four Oaks.
Thirty foot flagpole blown down on a car.
Multiple trees blown down in road.
One tree was blown down across NC Highway 117 in Pikeville.
One tree was blown down across power-lines on NC Highway 117 S in Dudley.
A barn was blown over on Old Rock Quarry Road near Princeton.
Multiple trees were blown down across the county, including several in Nashville and Castalia.
Numerous trees were blown across the county, including downed trees in Pinetops.
Several trees blown down in Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids.
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, Wake | 2014-01-11 | 50 | Female | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2014
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 489332, 489356, 489353, 489357, 489360, 489361, 489363, 489323, 483390, 489282, 483387, 483388, 483389, 489371, 489372, 489373, 489374, 489375, 489376, 489377, 489378, 489379.