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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 30, 2004Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 3:41 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2004, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

021 
WUUS52 KRAH 301941
SVRRAH
NCC051-302015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
340 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CREEK...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZED
  HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR CREEK...
  BUSHY LAKE...

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT TALK ON THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. STAY AWAY FROM RUNNING WATER IN
SINKS AND BATHTUBS. IF OUTDOORS SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AN AUTOMOBILE CAN ALSO PROTECT YOU FROM
LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3492 7891 3484 7882 3484 7848 3502 7865

$$

DGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett43 min
May 30, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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