On April 25, 2014, a localized tornado outbreak struck North Carolina, resulting in the first tornado-related fatality during that year in the United States.
Ahead of the trough, upper-level cooling above modest surface heating enhanced low-level lapse rates and allowed for scattered severe storms.
Daytime heating ahead of the system fueled instability that later fed widespread severe activity that extended from Texas to Nebraska.
[9] By April 24, the system had transformed into a shortwave trough over the Central Plains with a cold front extending southward to the Gulf of Mexico.
[10] In advance of a compact shortwave trough and associated cold front,[11] numerous severe thunderstorms developed across central and eastern North Carolina into southern Virginia.
[13] In the wake of the tornadoes, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency for Beaufort, Perquimans, Chowan and Pasquotank Counties.
[32] On May 14, local disaster aid in conjunction with the Small Business Administration was approved for residents in Beaufort, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Counties.