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Severe thunderstorms with several supercells moved across central
North Carolina on May 6th. The mid and low level counter-clockwise circulation associated
with one of these supercells across Orange County is visible in the pictures below. Despite the
ominous appearance, no damage was reported with this storm. (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)
Photos courtesy of Kay Evans
An EF-1 tornado touched down near Hope Mills, NC while at least two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in
Sampson and Johnston Counties. In addition, two mesocyclones merged with each other over Johnston County.
(Friday, March 29, 2009)
Photos courtesy of Cumberland County Emergency Management as well as Cheryl Jones and Steve Collins
A winter storm produced 2 to 4 inches of snow in the Triangle and up
to 6 inches of snow in the Triad on March 2, 2009.
(Monday, March 2, 2009)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
November 15, 2008 Tornado Photos.
(Saturday, November 15, 2008)
Photos courtesy of the National Weather Service
Clement Tornado Damage -
Meadows Tornado Damage -
Pine Level Tornado Damage -
Kenly Damage -
Elm City Damage -
Tropical Storm Hanna, September 2008.
(Saturday, September 6, 2008)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Video of the flooding along Crabtree Creek near Crabtree Valley Mall
The below was filmed on September 6th at 1000 AM along the south bank of the Crabtree Creek just west of Blue Ridge
Road (map)
initially looking east and then west.
Note - the video is 10 seconds in length and approximately 3.5 MB in size.
Tropical Storm Fay, August 2008.
(Wednesay, August 27, 2008)
Photos and video courtesy of Ashley Lemons and the National Weather Service Raleigh
Note - the video is 30 seconds in length and approximately 0.7 MB in size.
Photos and video of the Randleman Tornado -
Selected Photographs of the July 8th, 2008 Severe Weather Event
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
John Hamilton, Mark Calaway, and Michael Moneypenny
Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Wake County
during the evening of June 1, 2008 with several reports of trees blown
down. The photos were taken in the Norwood Road area of
Wake County. (Sunday, June 1, 2008)
Photos courtesy of Mike Abraczinskas
A severe thunderstorm with hail moved across Stanly and Montgomery Counties during the
evening of May 11, 2008. The videos below were taken by cameras at Albemarle High School as the storms
moved through. Note these are large files! (Sunday, May 11, 2008.)
Videos courtesy of Sgt. Mike Martin
An EF-2 tornado touched down in western Greensboro in Guilford County
killing one person and injuring three others while an EF-3 tornado touched down in
Clemmons injuring 2 residents. (Thursday, May 8, 2008.)
Photos courtesy of Forsyth County emergency management and the National Weather Service
Thunderstorms across northern Wake and Durham counties
viewed from Fayetteville Street in Downtown Raleigh and from near the
Schenck Forest in West Raleigh. The Fayetteville Street photos were taken during the
reopening celebration at around 700 PM EDT and the Schenck Forest photos were taken
at around 800 PM EDT. (Saturday, July 27, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
A large thunderstorm located over Johnston County was viewed
from Apex, NC on Wednesday, June 28. The photo was taken looking east at around
700 PM EDT. (Friday, July 28, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Brandon Vincent
Sunshine cast a shadow on cirrus clouds above a towering cumulonimbus
cloud in Franklinville, NC. The photos were taken at around 500 PM EDT on July 30th. (Sunday, July 30, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Kathy Davis and Kim Lemmons
A large thunderstorm viewed from Mebane, NC at approximately 800 PM EDT
on June 24, 2006. (Saturday, June 24, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Christopher Newton
A shelf cloud associated with
showers and thunderstorms moved across eastern Hoke County near Rockfish on June 27, 2006.
The storms were moving northeast and the photo was taken looking north at
around 800 PM EDT. (Tuesday, June 27, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Jewell Chambers
Photos of flooding in Raleigh around Crabtree Valley and
near Woodlake in Moore County from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto. (Wednesday, June 14, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Jamie Wirth, NC DOT, and Jeremy Gilchrist
Images of a funnel cloud taken with a cell phone camera
3 miles south of Seymour Johnson AFB. The funnel cloud lasted about ten minutes. No damage was reported.
(Monday, June 12, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Craig Lewis
Thunderstorms produced hail and wind damage across parts of
central North Carolina on June 11, 2006. Initially a tornado was reported near
Harris Lake but a storm survey found only straight line wind damage as seen in the photos below.
(Sunday, June 11, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Darin Figurskey
Photos from the 'Mother's Day' severe weather event which
resulted in widespread large hail reports and wind damage with a few weak tornadoes.
(Sunday, May 14, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Dave Carroll, Wayne Hill, Steve Marks, Rick Barber, John Hamilton, John Shea, Brandon Dunstan, Brandon Locklear, Michael Finnegan, Phil Owen, and Davis Troxler
Strong winds uprooted and snapped large trees
in Youngsville along Peach Orchard Road. (Saturday, April 22, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Dale Smith
Ominous clouds move across Orange County south of
Hillsborough near sunset. (Monday, April 3, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Mike Shumate
Pictures of mammatus clouds on the backside of thunderstorms that
moved across the Triangle area on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. The pictures were taken
in Hillsborough facing east toward Durham at around 430 PM EST. (Wednesday, January 11, 2006.)
Photos courtesy of Mike Shumate
Nighttime pictures of a line of thunderstorms as they moved
through Orange County, NC on September 20, 2005. The photos were taken at Cedar Ridge High School
looking west-northwest between 700 and 800 PM. (Tuesday, September 20, 2005.)
Photos courtesy of Mike Shumate
Pictures of thunderheads and a chaotic sky during the evening near Hillsborough, NC (Sunday, August 7, 2005.)
Photos courtesy of Mike Shumate
Damage pictures in northern Edgecombe County near the town of Leggett
from a downburst with estimated winds of between 70 to 80 MPH (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)
Photos courtesy of Jeff Orrock.
Pictures of thunderstorm over extreme Southwestern Randolph/Southern
Davidson County (Friday, July 15, 2005.)
Photos courtesy of John Hamilton of Triad Skywarn
Damage Pictures across Wake, Wilson, and Richmond Counties from
the March 8 Severe Weather Event (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)
Photos courtesy of Douglas Schneider and Richmond County Emergency Management
Winter Storm brings a glaze of ice to Raleigh, NC (Sunday, January 30, 2005)
Photos courtesy of Susan Wilson and William Wilson
Winter Storm brings an inch of snow to Raleigh, NC (Wednesday, January 19, 2005)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Photographs of Tornado damage in Orange County (Friday, January 14, 2005)
Photos courtesy of Darin Figurskey
Photographs of Tornado damage in Moore and Wake Counties during the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Jean (Monday, September 27, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Christopher Hunt, Dr. Gary Lackmann, Scott Sharp, and Darin Figurskey
Damage pictures from the Stokesdale Tornado and a 79 MPH downburst wind gust at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport during the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Ivan (Friday, September 17, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Guilford County Emergency Management, Stokesdale Fire Department, Doug Schneider, Darin Figurskey and Jeff Orrock
Photographs of Crabtree Creek in Raleigh during the passage of Tropical Depression Gaston (Monday, August 30, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Photographs of flooding in Fayetteville partially resulting from Hurricane Charley (Sunday, August 15, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Dan Stephens
Spout Springs Tornado Damage (Harnett County) (August 12, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Jeremy Meerscheidt (Spout Springs Fire Department), Michael Moneypenny, and Michael Strickler
Intense Rain Band over Raleigh Indirectly Associated with Hurricane Alex (August 2, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Thunderstorms over the Piedmont of North Carolina (July 14, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Mike Shumate and Jonathan Blaes
![Photo taken at approximately 8:30 PM EDT on July 14, 2004 looking North from North Raleigh - Click to enlarge](20040714.CBs.ver10.thumb.jpg)
![Photo taken at approximately 8:32 PM EDT on July 14, 2004 looking North from North Raleigh - Click to enlarge](20040714.CBs.ver9.thumb.jpg)
Thunderstorms over Scotland, Robeson, and Chatham Counties (July 9 and 11, 2004)
Photos courtesy of John Hamilton of Triad Skywarn
![Photo taken at approximately 7:00 PM EDT on July 11, 2004 looking South from US Hwy 64 at the intersection of Shamrock Road in Asheboro. The thunderstorm was located over Chatham County at the time. - Click to enlarge](20040711.Chatham.County.CB.thumb.jpg)
Damage from an F1 Tornado Touchdown near Kipling, in Harnett County, NC (May 3, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Jenny Tart and Michael Moneypenny
![Rotation evident in wind damage - Click to enlarge](20040502.kipling.tornado.01.thumb.jpg)
![Tree trunk on right was broken off the standing trunk at the far left. Note that the broken trunk was rotated as it fell - Click to enlarge](20040502.kipling.tornado.04.thumb.jpg)
Winter Storm across Central North Carolina (February 26-27, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Becky Krieger, Dan Stephens, and Jonathan Blaes
Winter Storm across Raleigh, NC (January 25, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Michael Brennan and Jonathan Blaes
Snowfall across Raleigh, NC (January 9, 2004)
Photos courtesy of Joshua Palmer, Michael Brennan, Phillip Badgett, and Jonathan Blaes
Flash flooding and wind damage across portions of Davidson County (September 23, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Davidson County Emergency Management/Fire
Hurricane Isabel Raleigh, NC (September 18, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Rainbow and Mamatus Clouds behind a line of strong thunderstorms in Raleigh, NC (September 4, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Flash Flooding in Raleigh, NC (August 8, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Nick Witcraft
Hail Storm in Laurinburg, NC (May 3, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Light Snowfall over the Campus of NC State in Raleigh, NC (January 23, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Brandon Locklear and Phil Badgett
Light Snowfall across Raleigh, NC (January 16, 2003)
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Blaes
Severe Ice Storm over the Raleigh-Durham area in central NC (December 4, 2002)
Photos courtesy of Gail Hartfield, Phillip Badgett, and Jonathan Blaes
Kenly, NC Tornado (October 11, 2002)
Photos courtesy of Douglas Schneider