A strong cold front advanced through the region during the early morning hours of the 19 December. A large area of light to moderate rain moved into central North Carolina during the evening of the 18 December.
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The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A strong cold front advanced through the region during the early morning hours of the 19 December. A large area of light to moderate rain moved into central North Carolina during the evening of the 18 December. This rain moved out during the overnight hours. As the cold front advanced eastward, a narrow line of storms tracked east from the Piedmont and Triad into the Triangle and northern Coastal Plain, before clearing out during the mid-morning hours. Several trees and powerlines were reported down across Randolph, Stanly, Chatham, Moore, Alamance, Orange, and Wake Counties. One tree fell through a roof of a home, but no injuries were reported.
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 Dec 19, 2:20 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Raleigh NC 220 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will sweep across the area this morning, followed by high pressure that will settle off the Southeast coast through Saturday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 220 AM Friday... * Wind gusts of 30-40mph are expected this morning. A line of showers moving across the northern Piedmont this morning may result in some wind gusts as high as 45mph. A strong, negatively tiled trough will lift across the central Appalachians today, with an associated cold front and robust line of low-topped showers currently moving through western NC. Ahead of the front, warm advection and an upper disturbance are forcing light to moderate rain moving northeast across central NC this morning. Wind gusts are increasing beneath a 50-60kt LLJ as a wedge front has mixed north of the area. The area ongoing rain will depart the northern coastal plain by around 5am, with a brief lull before the cold front and showers sweep across s the area between 7-10am. With limited instability, guidance suggests a downward trend in the frontal showers, but increased mixing and post frontal cold-advection should still support wind gusts to 40mph or perhaps greater in spots through mid- morning, especially across the northwest and northern Piedmont areas. Confidence is not currently high enough for a Wind Advisory. Highs will be in the mid 50s to mid 60s, but temps will likely hold steady or begin to fall by midday as cold advection sets in. Winds will diminish this evening and temperatures will drop into the upper 20s to lower 30s overnight. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... As of 100 AM Friday... Quiet weather expected Saturday with surface high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic. Light variable winds in the morning will become more southerly by the afternoon as high pressure shifts offshore through the day. Skies mostly clear with temperatures in the low to mid 50s across the region. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid 30s, all above freezing which is a few degrees above average. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 1045 PM Thursday... * Seasonably mild conditions, to unseasonably so by the end of the period, will be briefly interrupted by cooler than average ones on Mon. * Just a small chance of light rain Tue-Tue night An amplified but moisture-starved shortwave trough will progress from srn QC and the lwr Great Lakes Sun to Atlantic Canada Sun night. A prolonged period of wnwly to nwly flow aloft will follow and prevail over cntl NC, around a sub-tropical high and ridge that will progress from Baja CA to the nrn Gulf and Gulf Coast states through next week. Within that wnwly flow regime, a mid-level frontal zone and band of WAA and lift, with associated saturation centered around 700 mb, will progress across the Appalachians and Middle Atlantic Tue-Tue night. At the surface, cntl NC on Sun will likely be between a couple of moisture-starved frontal zones that will progress across the OH Valley/Middle Atlantic and Southeast, respectively, with the former likely to move south and across cntl NC Late Sun into early Sun night. Following, continental Polar high pressure, strong and near 1040 mb over OH/WV at the start of the period, will weaken while building across and offshore the srn Middle Atlantic Mon-Mon night. In return flow around the high, a warm front will develop and retreat briefly nwd and across the Carolinas NC Tue-Tue night, then become strengthened across the Savannah Basin on Wed, as another weaker high builds briefly across the Middle Atlantic and directs equally briefly nly low-level flow across cntl NC. Mild-warm swly flow will then envelop much of the srn and ern US through the end of the week. The exception to dry conditions will be just a small chance of light rain accompanying the aforementioned mid-level WAA regime, possibly augmented by lower-level isentropic lift over the Piedmont, Tue-Tue night. Temperatures will be mostly above average, probably trending well above by Christmas, with briefly below average and colder ones while under the influence of the cP high Sun night-Mon night. && .AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 100 AM Friday... LIFR and IFR conditions continue across central NC this morning as a cold front approaches from the west. Winds have slowly begun to gusts to around 30kt, and this upward trend should continue as the front nears the mountains. Ongoing rain moving southwest to northeast across the area is associated with an upper disturbance and is expected to exit central NC by around 09Z. Low clouds will linger and wind gusts will gradually increase to near 30kt, perhaps higher in some isolated spots, across the area between 12–15 Z. The cold front will scour out the low clouds and bring a return to VFR, but a strong wind shift will accompany the cold front with west- northwest winds gusting above 30 kt and potentially as high as 40 kt. Confidence in these higher gusts is highest at GSO and INT. Outlook: High pressure and associated VFR conditions will persist through the remainder of the extended period. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SYNOPSIS...BLS NEAR TERM...BLS SHORT TERM...CA LONG TERM...MWS AVIATION...BLS
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 413 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-200915- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Wilson- 413 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Winds will strengthen gust between 30 and 40 mph today, with isolated gusts to around 45 mph in a line of showers that will move across the northwest Piedmont this morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-200915- Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond- Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 413 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Westerly winds will gust between 30 and 40 mph through mid-afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
410 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
NCZ021-022-038-039-191000-
Guilford NC-Forsyth NC-Randolph NC-Davidson NC-
410 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FORSYTH...DAVIDSON...WESTERN
RANDOLPH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EST...
At 409 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Meadows to near Boger City. Movement was
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Lexington, Thomasville,
Kernersville, Clemmons, Bermuda Run, Huntsville, and Linwood.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 33 and 35, and between Mile
Markers 84 and 124.
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 182 and 223.
Interstate 73 between Mile Markers 89 and 103.
Interstate 74 between Mile Markers 56 and 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3611 8050 3614 8044 3626 8045 3624 7963
3624 7962 3551 8006 3551 8018 3558 8021
3568 8033 3572 8033 3574 8046 3583 8049
3584 8039 3588 8042 3589 8037 3596 8038
3606 8046 3604 8049 3608 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 235DEG 53KT 3637 8022 3551 8114
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CAThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:14 UTC.
23 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell through the roof of a home in the town of Greensboro. No injuries were reported.
A tree was blown down, blocking both lanes of traffic on Mount Gilead Church Road near Level Plains Road.
Tree and power lines were reported down along Beech Tree Court near Wall Brothers Road.
A tree was blown down onto North Carolina Highway 47 at North Carolina Highway 49 South.
A tree was reported down across Love Mill Road.
A tree was blown down onto two parked vehicles at an apartment complex near the intersection of North Fayetteville Street and Sharon Ave.
One tree was reported down in the town of Gibsonville, near the Guilford and Alamance County line.
A tree was blown down, completely blocking the road near the 3300 block of Brower Meadow Road.
A tree was reported down at the Walmart Supercenter in Asheboro off East Dixie Dr. Several other reports of trees were also reported down in southern Randolph County.
A tree was blown down, blocking both lanes of traffic near 4880 York Martin Road.
One tree was reported down near the intersection of Carolina Road and Carolina Mill Road, northeast of the town of Burlington.
A tree was blown down onto US-421 northbound near the exit for NC Highway 49 North.
A tree was blown down onto North Carolina Highway 42 South near Hinshaw Town Road.
A tree was blown down, blocking both lanes of traffic along Staley Snow Camp Road near Silk Hope Liberty Road.
Multiple trees were reported down on Piney Grove Church Road at Staley Snow Camp Road.
A tree fell on a house near the 1760 block of Duck Trail in Saxapahaw.
Trees and powerlines were blown down, blocking both lanes of traffic along West 3rd Street near Lake Jordan Road.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Leaman Road and Cummings Road in Robbins.
A tree was blown down, blocking both lanes of traffic on Marley Road near Hall Road in Robbins.
One tree and power line were reported down at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive.
A tree was blown down near the 2400 block of Mount Vernon Church Road.
Powerlines were reported down on Clarks Forks Drive near Perry Creek Road.
A tree was blown down onto the roadway near the 1700 block of MC Wilder Road in Louisburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 2025
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1305689, 1305692, 1305693, 1305695, 1305702, 1305696, 1305703, 1305697, 1305698, 1305699, 1305704, 1305700, 1305701, 1305706, 1305707, 1305705, 1305708, 1305712, 1305713, 1305714, 1305710, 1305711, 1305709.