A weak surface trough was present across portions of the Piedmont of central North Carolina in an otherwise high pressure regime. Isolated to scattered showers and storms developed in the late afternoon to early evening over the western Piedmont, tracking east and south over the central Piedmont and Sandhills during the late evening and overnight hours.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A weak surface trough was present across portions of the Piedmont of central North Carolina in an otherwise high pressure regime. Isolated to scattered showers and storms developed in the late afternoon to early evening over the western Piedmont, tracking east and south over the central Piedmont and Sandhills during the late evening and overnight hours. A few of the storms became severe in Chatham and Orange Counties, along with flash flooding over Durham.
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 Jun 30, 8:20 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:45 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported multiple trees down, along with damage to a car and a non-residential building/structure along Mangum Ct.
Several reports of trees down in the area near the intersection of Settle St and Village Park Dr. Power outages were also reported.
Trees were reported down, resulting in power outages near the intersection of Big Woods Rd and Jack Bennett Rd.
Cars were reported stranded in flooded roadways near the intersection of Fayetteville St and East Pilot St.
The city of Durham reported high water and numerous vehicles stranded.
Trees were reported down, resulting in power outages near the intersection of Mt Zion Rd and Moncure Pittsboro Rd.
The USGS river gauge on Third Fork Creek at Martin Luther King Jr Parkway in Durham reached moderate flood stage.
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, June 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: 1101213, 1101208, 1101210, 1101206, 1101200, 1101211, 1101204.