Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in a weakly sheared but moist, unstable atmosphere in response to a mid-level wave aloft providing the needed forcing for ascent. Several storms produced damaging downburst winds due in large part to the high downdraft CAPE environment.
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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.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in a weakly sheared but moist, unstable atmosphere in response to a mid-level wave aloft providing the needed forcing for ascent. Several storms produced damaging downburst winds due in large part to the high downdraft CAPE environment.
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 Jul 18, 2:30 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
102 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE CLAYTON 35.59N 78.43W
07/17/2019 JOHNSTON NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN ON COOPER BRANCH RD, JUST SOUTH OF
BUSINESS US-70 AND THE US-70 BYPASS.
&&
JFDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
142 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 ENE COATS CROSSROADS 35.54N 78.45W
07/17/2019 JOHNSTON NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON LEE TRACE DR.
&&
JFDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
201 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE CLAYTON 35.58N 78.44W
07/17/2019 JOHNSTON NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN ON LITTLE CREEK CHURCH RD.
&&
JFDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
206 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CLAYTON 35.57N 78.46W
07/17/2019 JOHNSTON NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROOF OF A SHED CAME OFF ON STEEL BRIDGE RD.
&&
JFDSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
308 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019
NCZ038-039-073-074-182015-
Stanly NC-Randolph NC-Davidson NC-Montgomery NC-
308 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
DAVIDSON...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...WESTERN RANDOLPH AND
NORTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
At 307 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms over Linwood, or near Lexington, moving east at
20 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Heavy rain and minor flooding and deadly cloud to ground lightning
will also be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
High Point, Lexington, Troy, Badin Lake, Thomasville, Linwood,
Archdale, Trinity, Badin and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter in a nearby building or vehicle. Wind gusts as high as
50 mph are capable of knocking down small or weakened trees 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, 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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 8043 3585 8042 3585 8039 3588 8042
3589 8037 3596 8037 3595 8005 3592 8004
3591 7986 3536 7989 3545 8033 3550 8030
3551 8019 3552 8018 3558 8021 3568 8033
3572 8033 3574 8046 3577 8045 3583 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 275DEG 18KT 3578 8032
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down on the 7400 block of Old US Highway 64.
One tree was blow down near Littleton.
A few trees were blown down along a swath from Highway 902 to Highway 158, just northeast of Littleton.
A couple of trees were blown down along a swath from South Mebane Street in Burlington to Harden Road near Graham.
Multiple trees were blown down onto power lines on Vail Road, south of the intersection with Perkins Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2019
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: 844774, 844775, 844776, 844777, 844778.