A southward moving cold front and an upper-level disturbance over Tennessee and Kentucky led to development of isolated thunderstorms over the southern Piedmont of central North Carolina during the late-afternoon and evening. One storm became severe over Anson county, producing wind damage in Polkton and Peachland.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A southward moving cold front and an upper-level disturbance over Tennessee and Kentucky led to development of isolated thunderstorms over the southern Piedmont of central North Carolina during the late-afternoon and evening. One storm became severe over Anson county, producing wind damage in Polkton and Peachland.
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 29, 6:36 PM EST, 21 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a house near the 100 block of Baxter St in Peachland.
A tree fell on the roadway near the 800 block of Savannah Rd in Peachland.
A large tree was blocking the road near the 1400 block of Tarpin Town Rd in Polkton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2023
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: 1105904, 1105905, 1105906.