Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Jun 1, 2002, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Alamance County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KRAH 012034
SVRRAH
NCC001-081-135-012115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
432 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GUILFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  ALAMANCE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  ORANGE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCLEANSVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HILLSBOROUGH
  GREENSBORO
  GRAHAM
  CHAPEL HILL
  BURLINGTON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
200 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE ACTIVITY MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST FROM
WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA...IT COULD CLIP THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF
OUR CWA THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST TO WEST FLOW OVER THE AREA SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN A WARMING
TREND FOR THE AREA...IT WILL BE HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S. THERE WILL BE LITTLE RELIEF THROUGH TUESDAY AS OUR WINDS SHIFT
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH...PUMPING MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE AREA.
AT THE TIME THERES NO MAJOR SYSTEM COMING THROUGH TO TRIGGER ANY
PRECIPITATION...SO WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DUE TO THE
MOISTURE AND HEATING.

THE GUIDANCE IS SHOWING AN 8-10 DEGREE DROP IN TEMPERATURES FOR
MONDAY. I DONT SEE THIS HAPPENING WITH OUR WINDS COMING AROUND TO
THE WEST...SO WILL CONTINUE CURRENT TREND. -RHJ

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

CUT OFF GULF BECOMES OPEN WAVE AND WEAKENING BY MID WEEK LIFTING
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ATLC STATES AS LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPS
OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. BY THE WEEKS END...LONG WAVE TROUGH SLIDES
EAST WITH CUTOFF DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS PANHANDLE WHICH IS PROGGED TO
LIFT NORTHEAST NEXT WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW...INCREASING MOISTURE AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING WILL
RESULT IN DIURNAL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THIS PERIOD.
TIMING/STRENGTH DIFFERENCES AMONG THE LONG RANGE MODELS ON REACHING
OUR AREA. LAST NIGHTS GFS BRING FRONT INTO CAROLINAS BY DAY 7. FOR
NOW WILL CONTINUE AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION FOR THE PERIOD AND
WARM TEMPERATURES---MID 80S TO AROUND 90. ----RA---

.RDU...NONE.

RHJ/RA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.