May 14, 2012
A broad upper level trough was in place over the southern Appalachians. A series of low amplitude disturbances embedded in the southwesterly flow aloft moved northeast across the area. Strong to severe convection developed in the moist and|increasingly unstable airmass. An isolated supercell produced a brief EF-1 tornado in Richmond County, before morphing into a bow-line segment as it moved east across|the Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain counties through the early afternoon.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 385612). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Forsyth County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.