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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 17, 2000Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 8:41 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2000, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 9:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Wadesboro, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2000-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2000-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

133 
WUUS52 KRAH 180041
SVRRDU
NCC007-180115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
841 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANSON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 840 PM  EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WADESBORO... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORVEN AT 845 PM
  LILESVILLE 850 PM
  BLEWETT FALLS LAKE 855 PM

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

RFG/PWB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond30 min
Apr 17, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore31 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville47 min
Apr 17, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham33 min
Apr 17, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham34 min
Apr 17, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee18 min
Apr 17, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Wake46 min
Apr 17, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland23 min
Apr 17, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston30 min
Apr 17, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin35 min
Apr 18, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson31 min
Apr 18, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne35 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.