Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 5, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 5, 2014
Start: 2014-06-05T15:10
End: 2014-06-05T17:12
Location: North Carolina

June 5, 2014 · NWS ILM · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A surface cold front approached from the north during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and quickly increased in coverage.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.

A surface cold front approached from the north during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and quickly increased in coverage. Some of the thunderstorms did produce severe weather.

What forecasters said that day

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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:45 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:45 PM EST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
345 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALL OVER OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE TO FOLLOW FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT
DROPPING SOUTH NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
BORDER. FURTHER SOUTH...CONVECTION IS STARTING TO FIRE NEAR RALEIGH
AND CONVECTIVE CLOUDS ARE FORMING ACROSS OUR WESTERN AREAS AS THE
ENTIRE AREA IS DROPPING SOUTH. THE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED
WITH A POSSIBLE OUTFLOW MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS NOW MOVING ACROSS
WILMINGTON AND ANDY NVA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE SHORT
LIVED. CITING ALL OF THE FORCING...STILL HAVE LIKELY POPS ACROSS ALL
AREAS BY THIS EVENING...IN FACT I HAVE INCREASED VALUES TO REPRESENT
SLIGHTLY MORE CONFIDENCE. SPC HAS ELEVATED THE AREA INTO A SLIGHT
RISK HIGHLIGHTING MORE OF A WIND THAN HAIL THREAT. NICE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA MAY ENHANCE CONVECTION
LATE TONIGHT ALTHOUGH SEVERE THREAT SHOULD HAVE DIMINISHED BY THEN.
OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE A LITTLE ABOVE GUIDANCE PER EXPECTED
CONVECTION AND CLOUDINESS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...WRF AND GFS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT OPINIONS
REGARDING THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THE COLD FRONT'S JOURNEY INTO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S.  WRF STALLS THE FRONT OVER OUR SC COUNTIES WHILE THE
GFS TAKES IT DOWN INTO GA.  FORECAST REPRESENTS A BLEND OF THESE
IDEAS WITH 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS FRIDAY...TAPERING
TO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS FOR SATURDAY.  EITHER WAY...MAX TEMPS
EACH DAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS WITH 85
TO 90 EXPECTED FRIDAY AND MID TO UPPER 80S SATURDAY.  LOWS EACH
NIGHT WILL FALL TO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH MID 60S
POSSIBLE NE SAT NIGHT.  IF THE GFS VERIFIES...MAX AND MIN TEMPS
COULD BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN FORECAST AND DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES
MUCH MORE TOLERABLE THAN RECENT DAYS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD EXTEND JUST FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH TO PROVIDE FOR A DECENT START TO THE WEEK ON SUNDAY
BUT LINGERING FRONT TO THE SOUTH WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE
FOR SOME UNCERTAINTY. THEREFORE WILL KEEP SOME LOW END CHC PCP
OVER PORTIONS OF SC...ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO SUN NIGHT AND MONDAY
AS HIGH SLIPS OFF THE COAST AND SHORTWAVE PUSHES COLD FRONT EAST
TOWARD THE CAROLINAS. A WARMER MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF
THIS NEXT FRONT WILL INCREASE CHC OF CONVECTION FOR MON AND MORE
SO FOR TUES AS FRONT REACHES THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT MAY
BE SLOW TO MOVE OFF THE COAST WITH CHC OF PCP LINGERING INTO WED.
OVERALL EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND THROUGH MUCH OF EARLY TO
MID WEEK NEXT WEEK WITH WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS FOR MON
THROUGH WED. TEMPS WILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S AND CLOSER TO 90 OVER
INTERIOR SC.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH VERY BRIEF AND LOCALIZED PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR VSBYS IN
HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. THE LATEST HRRR AND LOCAL WRF RUNS SUGGEST STORMS
COULD BECOME MORE LINEARLY ORGANIZED LATER TODAY. BASED ON THESE
TRENDS...WILL ADD TEMPO MVFR/TSRA FROM 20-23Z AT KFLO/KLBT AND FROM
21-00Z AT THE COASTAL TERMS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 KTS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS COULD OCCUR
WITH STRONGER STORMS. WILL MAINTAIN VCSH TONIGHT AS MORE SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT.
FROPA SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 09-12Z FRIDAY...AS WINDS VEER TO THE
NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS HINT AT SOME MVFR CIGS/VSBYS
EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE
MORE ABUNDANT RAINFALL TODAY. OTHERWISE FRIDAY WILL BE VFR WITH
NORTHEAST WINDS AOB 10 KTS.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE
EXPECT VFR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL WATERS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS
REMAIN NEARLY STEADY WITH JMPN7 CONSISTENTLY HOVERING AROUND 20
KNOTS. 41110 IS CLOSE TO FIVE FEET SO THE FORECAST REMAINS
RELATIVELY STABLE FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD TO A MAXIMUM OF 6-8 FEET AS THE FETCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR
ABOUT 18 MORE HOURS.

SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM THURSDAY...FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
PERIOD...RESULTING IN WINDS SHIFTING FROM SW TO NE AND THEN E FRIDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.  OUTSIDE
OF FRIDAY MORNING WHEN 4 TO 5 OR EVEN 6 FT SEAS ARE POSSIBLE...SEAS
LESS THAN 4 FT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM THURSDAY...AS HIGH SLIPS OFF THE COAST E-NE WINDS
THROUGH SUNDAY...WILL VEER TO THE SE AND THEN SOUTH BY MONDAY AS
RETURN FLOW SETS UP. ALTHOUGH A 9 SEC EASTERLY SWELL WILL EXIST
IN THE WAVE SPECTRUM MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE
PRIMARILY FORMED THROUGH A 4-5 SEC WIND CHOP FROM THE
EAST...BECOMING SOUTH ON MONDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE 2 TO 3 FT
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH SLIGHT INCREASE THROUGH MON IN
INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW.

&&

.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
     AMZ250-252-254-256.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SHK
NEAR TERM...SHK
SHORT TERM...31
LONG TERM...RGZ
AVIATION...BJR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

SCZ023-032-033-039-053-055-056-061745-
DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-
INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ054-061745-
COASTAL HORRY-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH 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.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ254-256-061745-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.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.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-061745-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.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.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-024-061745-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DILLON-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH 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.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-110-061745-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST 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.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:54 PM EST, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
354 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

NCZ087-096-099-052100-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-ROBESON-
354 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BLADEN...COLUMBUS AND
ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 354 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST EAST OF LUMBERTON...TO NEAR FAIRMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEVILLE...ABBOTTSBURG...
BARNESVILLE...BETHEL...BLADENBORO...BOARDMAN...CHADBOURN...CHERRY
GROVE...CLARENDON...COUNCIL...ELKTON AND EMERSON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3442 7832 3405 7878 3446 7926 3464 7888
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 297DEG 21KT 3446 7905

WEISS

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson

When: June 5, 3:10 PM EST to 3:18 PM EST
Where: Robeson County, 0.93 mi SSW of Bloomingdale to 0.81 mi SE of Barnesville
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 34.417, -79.024

There were several reports from various sources of large trees down along Princess Ann Road and South Creek Road near the Lumber River State Park. A tree damaged the porch of a residence when it fell. There was also minor to moderate roof damage and minor shingle damage to other residences.

Hail, Pender

When: June 5, 5:10 PM EST to 5:12 PM EST
Where: Pender County, 11.24 mi ENE of Shelter Neck
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.672, -77.663

Quarter size hail reportedly broke a window on a mobile home on John Pickett Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2014

Sources

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: 524365, 524366.