A line of showers and thunderstorms tracked from northwest to southeast during the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of a strong cold front. A few storms that moved through the northwest Piedmont reached severe limits, with several trees reported down across Forsyth County.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A line of showers and thunderstorms tracked from northwest to southeast during the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of a strong cold front. A few storms that moved through the northwest Piedmont reached severe limits, with several trees reported down across Forsyth County. Storms weakened as they tracked into the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain by the late evening hours.
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 Feb 27, 6:45 PM EST, 21 hours 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:35 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down along Concord Church Rd, Williams Rd, and Styers Ferry Rd.
The public reported trees uprooted or snapped near the intersection of W Clemmonsville Rd and Berchfield Dr.
The public reported trees uprooted or snapped near the intersection of Pope Rd and Swaim Rd.
The public reported trees uprooted or snapped southeast of the Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Swaintown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1160706, 1160707, 1160708, 1160713.