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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 11, 2004Alamance County, Orange County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT for Alamance County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 11, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alamance County, NC, Orange County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

052 
WUUS52 KRAH 120015
SVRRAH
NCC001-135-120100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
813 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF BURLINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
  30 MPH. PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY 
  WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAHAM...MEBANE...SWEPSONVILLE...
  EFLAND...HILLSBOROUGH...
  CARRBORO...CHAPEL HILL...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3626 7938 3612 7953 3585 7947 3587 7905
      3621 7897

$$

MLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHPerson23 min
Jun 11, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville34 min
Jun 11, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWarren42 min
Jun 11, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake37 min
Jun 11, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham26 min
Jun 11, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax31 min
Jun 11, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake14 min
Jun 11, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston40 min
Jun 11, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe21 min
Jun 11, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson42 min
Jun 11, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne22 min
Jun 12, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson31 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.