North Carolina, 2019

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2019

May 29, 2019 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A mesoscale convective system within in a hot and humid air mass provided a line of thunderstorms across Rockingham County. One of those thunderstorms produced winds that blew down a tree in Reidsville.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 RNK wrote it up.

A mesoscale convective system within in a hot and humid air mass provided a line of thunderstorms across Rockingham County. One of those thunderstorms produced winds that blew down a tree in Reidsville.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 6:24 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:24 PM EST, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:03 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
603 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

NCZ001>006-018>020-302215-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-
Yadkin-
603 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina
and northwest North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms are expected into early evening. A couple of
the storms may produce damaging winds, with hail a secondary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ012>017-022>024-032>035-302215-
Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-Botetourt-
Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-
603 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 294 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south
central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

VAZ043>047-058-059-302215-
Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
603 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia and south
central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected into early evening. A few of
the storms may produce damaging winds, with hail a secondary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

VAZ007-009>011-018>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-302215-
Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-
Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
603 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west
central Virginia and southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham

When
May 29, 6:36 PM EST
Where
Rockingham County, 1.68 mi SW of Reidsville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$500
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
36.350, -79.688

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree on Sherwood Drive in Reidsville.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2019

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 818468.