A deep area of low pressure located across the region coupled with weak instability was enough to produce isolated to scattered convection across central North Carolina during the afternoon into the evening. One of the storms became severe, producing large hail.
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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.
A deep area of low pressure located across the region coupled with weak instability was enough to produce isolated to scattered convection across central North Carolina during the afternoon into the evening. One of the storms became severe, producing large 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 Apr 24, 2:37 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 540 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 NCZ038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-250945- Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery- Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland- Sampson- 540 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Widespread rain, with one to two inches through early this afternoon, may result in minor flooding, especially in urban or low-lying areas. Additionally, scattered thunderstorms will accompany a warm front as it retreats northward into central NC this afternoon. A severe storm or two will be possible, with an associated threat of a damaging wind gust or an isolated, short-lived tornado, primarily between 1 PM and 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ007>011-021>028-250945- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe- 540 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Widespread rain, with one to two inches through early this afternoon, may result in minor flooding, especially in urban or low-lying areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
231 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2018
NCZ085-086-241930-
Scotland NC-Hoke NC-
231 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SCOTLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES UNTIL
330 PM EDT...
At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Maxton, or near Laurinburg, moving north at 25 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Heavy rain and minor flooding will also be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Laurinburg, Raeford, Maxton, Antioch, Wagram, East Laurinburg, Silver
City, Bowmore, Ashley Heights and Camp Mackall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Wind gusts as high as 40 mph are capable of knocking down 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, 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 flooding.
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LAT...LON 3465 7948 3499 7956 3502 7952 3504 7946
3515 7935 3511 7910 3483 7919 3484 7935
3482 7936 3477 7933 3464 7945
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 190DEG 20KT 3472 7936
WSSThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was reported down on McQueen Road near South Duffie Road.
Quarter size hail was reported on Hall Road.
The emergency manager reported several trees down near New London.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2018
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 751110, 751109, 751111.