Showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon over the central/eastern Piedmont and central Coastal Plain. The storms then drifted southward over the Sandhills and southern Piedmont by the evening and overnight.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon over the central/eastern Piedmont and central Coastal Plain. The storms then drifted southward over the Sandhills and southern Piedmont by the evening and overnight.
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 4, 6:48 PM EST, 18 hours 42 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roadway flooding was reported in the area of North Carolina Highway 42 south and Fairview Farm Rd in Asheboro.
Several trees were reported down in the area of North Carolina Highway 42 S and Fairview Farm Rd in Asheboro.
A tree was reported down at Old Stage Rd and Pete Fish Rd.
The East Side Fire Department reports roadway flooding on Iron Mountain Road. Water was getting over the bridge.
The East Side Fire Department reports roadway flooding along Luck Rd.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1106026, 1106029, 1106030, 1106027, 1106028.