Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- July 6, 5:02 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 0.56 mi E of Method
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Utility Company
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.690
Fallen trees caused a power outage.
Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2024
A cold front and surface trough west of North Carolina approached in the afternoon and evening hours. Ahead of the boundary, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the southern Piedmont and tracked east-northeast into the central to eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina by the late afternoon and evening hours.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A cold front and surface trough west of North Carolina approached in the afternoon and evening hours. Ahead of the boundary, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the southern Piedmont and tracked east-northeast into the central to eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina by the late afternoon and evening hours. Several reports of downed trees and power lines were reported in Wake, Harnett, and Johnston Counties, as well as some isolated flash flooding.
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:04 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- July 6, 5:12 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.12 mi E of Brentwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Utility Company
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -78.550
Downed trees resulted in power outages.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- July 6, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett County, 3.47 mi NNW of Buies Creek
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.448, -78.767
A tree was down on Mamie Upchurch Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- July 6, 5:23 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County, 0.82 mi NW of Hardy Xrds
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Utility Company
- Coordinates
- 35.479, -78.629
Fallen trees resulted in power outages.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- July 6, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Brentwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -78.570
A tree was down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- July 6, 5:48 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.12 mi E of Millbrook
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -78.600
Power lines were down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- July 6, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.84 mi WSW of Royal Mills
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.990, -78.551
A tree was down.
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- July 6, 6:48 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.25 mi W of Starmount to 1.21 mi W of Starmount
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.851, -78.592
A vehicle was stuck in flood waters.
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- July 6, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.13 mi WNW of Brentwood to 1.1 mi WNW of Brentwood
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -78.588
Flooding resulted in road damage.
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- July 6, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 0.93 mi W of Macedonia to 1.37 mi W of Macedonia
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.752, -78.766
Two feet of flood waters were on United States Highway 1.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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Sources
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: 1197107, 1197108, 1197109, 1197111, 1197113, 1197114, 1197115, 1197063, 1197098, 1197103.