Severe storms initially developed along a pre-frontal thermal trough in place across the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the early to mid afternoon hours. By the early evening, new storm development along a southward surging outflow boundary from a well defined multicell cluster over southeast Virginia produced thunderstorm wind damage and severe hail.
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Severe storms initially developed along a pre-frontal thermal trough in place across the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the early to mid afternoon hours. By the early evening, new storm development along a southward surging outflow boundary from a well defined multicell cluster over southeast Virginia produced thunderstorm wind damage and severe hail.
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 19, 12:50 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 150 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL RETREAT WESTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC...HELPING TO PROPEL A BACK-DOOR SURFACE FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/... AS OF 10 AM THURSDAY... OVERVIEW: A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES/DEEP SOUTH WILL RETREAT WEST TOWARD THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY/LOWER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY/NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ASSOCIATED HEIGHT FALLS WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR A BACK-DOOR FRONTAL PASSAGE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. MODELS INSIST THAT THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER PEAK HEATING(23Z-03Z TIME FRAME)...WITH THE LATEST RAP KEEPING THE REMNANT MCV CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN OHIO NORTH OF THE AREA...TRACKING THE DISTURBANCE OFF THE DELMARVA COAST. FORCING FOR ASCENT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE CONFINED TO A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT WITH THE DPVA/HEIGHT FALLS ATTENDANT THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND POSSIBLY ANY SURFACE COLD POOL OUTFLOW APPROACHING FROM THE NW BETWEEN 21-03Z. THEREFORE...EXPECT AN ISOLATED TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EARLY ON...INCREASING TO GOOD CHANCE POPS LATE. SEVERE THREAT: DEEP LAYER SHEAR OVER CENTRAL NC IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON THE LOW END AT 15 KT OR LESS. REGARDLESS...IF A WELL DEFINED SURFACE COLD POOL CAN BE ESTABLISHED...STRONG INSTABILITY...STRONG DCAPE...COULD SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND DIME TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. ROBUST UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. TEMPERATURES: ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL PERSIST TODAY. HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 90S FROM THE TRIANGLE SOUTH AND EAST...AND LOWER TO MID 90S IN THE NW PIEDMONT AND VA BORDER COUNTIES. LOWS TONIGHT RANGING FROM NEAR 70 NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 305 AM WEDNESDAY... EXPECT TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY WITH AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION ON FRI GIVEN A MORE ESTABLISHED NW FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION. AN ISOLD SVR STORM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...THOUGH LIKELY LESS OF A POTENTIAL THAN TODAY GIVEN WEAKER DESTABILIZATION...WEAKER DCAPE...AND SIMILAR DEEP LAYER SHEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER/MID 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S FRI NIGHT. -VINCENT && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 310 AM THURSDAY... SOME CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED ARISE FROM THE NOTION THAT THE MAIN COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... THEN STALL SOUTH OF THE BORDER OF NC/SC SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS WOULD HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON SENSIBLE WEATHER INCLUDING THE HIGHEST POP FOR CONVECTION SAT PM... THEN LOWER POP SUNDAY AND MONDAY... BEFORE RAMPING UP AGAIN MIDWEEK. IN ADDITION... THE TEMPERATURES WOULD BE COOLER THAN CURRENTLY ADVERTISED SUNDAY AND MONDAY IF THE WINDS DO INDEED BECOME NE COURTESY OF THE HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH. DUE TO ONLY MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH SUCH DETAIL THIS FAR OUT... WE WILL SIMPLY TREND IN THIS DIRECTION AS MENTIONED ABOVE. THIS WOULD YIELD HIGHS IN THE 90S SATURDAY... WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS... THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LINGERING WEST AND SOUTH SUNDAY... BUT COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. ONLY 20-30 POP MONDAY... BEFORE RAMPING UP MID WEEK AS THE UPPER FLOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN SW IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 150 PM THURSDAY... 24-HR TAF PERIOD: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. WILL CARRY A TEMPO GROUP FOR CONVECTION AT ALL TERMINALS LATE THIS AFT/EVE (18-04Z TIME FRAME)...EARLIEST IN THE PIEDMONT...WITH GRADUAL MIGRATION INTO THE SOUTHEAST BY THE LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCED DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. CONVECTION SHOULD ABATE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO A NORTHERLY COMPONENT OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A WEAK SURFACE FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. LOOKING AHEAD: EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION (DURING THE AFT/EVE HOURS) EACH DAY IN ASSOC/W A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN OF NW FLOW ALOFT AND A STALLED FRONTAL ZONE IN THE AREA. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CBL NEAR TERM...CBL SHORT TERM...VINCENT LONG TERM...32 AVIATION...VINCENT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 238 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-201845- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 238 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND DIME TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-201845- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- WILSON- 238 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 334 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND DIME TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
23 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power-lines were blown down in Rural Hall.
One tree was blown down at NC Highway 65 and NC Highway 68.
Quarter size hail reported near NC Highway 421.
Trees and power-lines were blown down in Lewisville.
One tree was blown down at the intersection of Alcorn Road and NC Highway 68.
Trees and power-lines were blown down near Oak Hollow Mall.
Several trees were blown down on East Lexington Avenue.
Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down west of Hillsborough.
One tree was blown down at the intersection of Trent Drive and Erwin Road.
Tree and powerlines were blown down onto a car at Dollar Avenue. Monetary damages were estimated.
One tree was blown down near the intersection of Holloway Street and Joyland Street.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
One tree was blown down on London Bridge Court at Pembridge Lane.
Large tree limb was blown down with damage to a fence near the intersection of Purnell and WoodLief Roads. Monetary damages were estimated.
Trees and powerlines were blown down northwest of Fayetteville.
Trees were blown down at the 6700 block of Matt Hair Road.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of School and King Hiram Roads.
Trees were blown down near the intersection of Dunn and Maxtoke Roads.
A 54 knot wind gust was measured at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Trees were blown down along Greenfield Cemetery Road.
A second wind gust of 55 knots was measured at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
There were two reports of ping pong to golf ball size hail near the state line.
Trees and powerlines were reported down along NC Highway 381.
Several trees were blown down within the Smithfield city limits.
Several trees were blown down just east of Brodgen.
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, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 531069, 531070, 531071, 531073, 531075, 531076, 531078, 531081, 531082, 531084, 531102, 531106, 531110, 531112, 531113, 531114, 531116, 531117, 531119, 531122, 531125, 531126, 531127, 531128, 531129, 531130, 531131, 531132, 531133.