North Carolina, 2020Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020 · NWS RAH · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
A cluster of fasting moving showers and storms tracked across the far eastern Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain of central North Carolina during the early to mid afternoon in a highly sheared, but weak instability environment. The cluster of storms became strong enough to produced some localized wind damage, including some significant wind damage to Union Intermediate Elementary School in…
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $285,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A cluster of fasting moving showers and storms tracked across the far eastern Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain of central North Carolina during the early to mid afternoon in a highly sheared, but weak instability environment. The cluster of storms became strong enough to produced some localized wind damage, including some significant wind damage to Union Intermediate Elementary School in Sampson County.
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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 Jan 12, 6:30 PM EST, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:30 PM EST, 19 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Sampson
- When
- January 13, 1:38 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, 2.61 mi NW of Taylors Bridge to 2.49 mi NW of Taylors Bridge
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph) estimated gust
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.855, -78.284
Damage in the form of snapped and uprooted trees to the west of |Union Intermediate School structure, along with the more significant roof uplift |and partial outer wall collapse of the schools gymnasium occurred |in a clear fan-like fashion. Three students were treated for minor injuries and transported to the hospital.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- January 13, 2:32 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 2.94 mi NW of Mt Olive
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.235, -78.100
Damage to a structure was reported at Baker Chapel Church Road and Thunder Swap Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- January 13, 2:39 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, 0.56 mi E of Dudley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -78.040
Trees and power poles were reported down in the community of Dudley.
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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: 873666, 873664, 873665.