A disturbance aloft combined with a lee trough over western North Carolina led to isolated to scattered showers and storms over the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain in the early evening hours. Most of the storms were sub-severe, but a few damaging wind reports and flash flooding were reported in Wake and Johnston Counties.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A disturbance aloft combined with a lee trough over western North Carolina led to isolated to scattered showers and storms over the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain in the early evening hours. Most of the storms were sub-severe, but a few damaging wind reports and flash flooding were reported in Wake and Johnston Counties.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Raleigh dispatch reported that the entrance to the Amtrak Union Station near S West St and W Martin St was closed due to flooding.
Raleigh dispatch reported that a tree fell on powerlines, knocking out power. This was near the intersection of Shepard School Rd and Rosinburg Rd.
A tree fell on a house near the 6000 block of North Carolina highway 96.
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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: 1173317, 1173318, 1173319.