A cold front associated with a low pressure system moved eastward into the Mid Atlantic and North Central North Carolina. Southwesterly flow ahead of the front brought in additional warm, moist air into the region, while daytime heating increased atmospheric instability, with MLCAPEs reaching over 500 J/kg in some locations.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A cold front associated with a low pressure system moved eastward into the Mid Atlantic and North Central North Carolina. Southwesterly flow ahead of the front brought in additional warm, moist air into the region, while daytime heating increased atmospheric instability, with MLCAPEs reaching over 500 J/kg in some locations. Strong deep layer shear, around 50 knots, and decent mid-level moisture contributed to the development of a few severe thunderstorms.
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 Sep 24, 6:41 PM EST, 20 hours 57 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:38 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds in the Pinnacle area.
A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds north of Germanton.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH was measured at the AWOS Station KTNB.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 2022
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1056005, 1056006, 1056007.