A line of strong to severe storms moved across the northern Piedmont of central North Carolina during the evening in advance of a strong cold front, resulting in several reports of wind damage.
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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 line of strong to severe storms moved across the northern Piedmont of central North Carolina during the evening in advance of a strong cold front, resulting in several reports of wind damage.
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 Oct 25, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
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</html>Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
635 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021
NCZ021-022-038-252330-
Guilford NC-Forsyth NC-Davidson NC-
635 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Forsyth, northern
Davidson and Guilford Counties through 730 PM EDT...
At 634 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Winston-Salem, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Kernersville, Clemmons,
Bermuda Run, McLeansville, Lewisville, Summerfield and Stokesdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
central North Carolina.
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LAT...LON 3611 8051 3612 8046 3614 8044 3621 8045
3622 8043 3624 8045 3626 8045 3624 7955
3607 7960 3587 8039 3588 8042 3589 8041
3589 8037 3596 8038 3599 8042 3601 8042
3606 8046 3604 8049 3606 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 253DEG 39KT 3614 8031
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was reported down along Bethel Church Road near Durango Drive.
One tree and power lines were reported down on Dunlap Avenue.
One tree was reported down near the intersection of Range Road and Hampton Road.
Power lines were reported down near the intersection of Range Road and Cassam Road.
One tree was reported down near the intersection of Leesville Road and Doc Nichols Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2021Every state in 2021This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, October 2021
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: 985074, 985075, 985076, 985077, 985078.