Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2005, 5:58 PM EDT for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2005, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Davidson County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Ne Lexington, NC | MARBLE TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG US HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN THOMASVILLE AND LEXINGTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KRAH 192158 SVRRAH NCC057-192230- /O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0055.050619T2158Z-050619T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 558 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEXINGTON... THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. HAIL OF THIS SIZE MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLE OR ROOF DAMAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH. LAT...LON 3589 8010 3591 8023 3579 8028 3576 8013 $$ DGS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 145 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... ANOMALOUS WEATHER PATTERN WITH UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. STRONG UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MIDWEST RIDING NORTH OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW NOW SITTING OVER THE CAROLINAS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE STAGNATION OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH TUE. WITH RESPECT TO MOISTURE... TODAY (SUNDAY) SEEMS THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MODELS DECREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BY 12Z MON SO BEST CHC OF PRECIP IS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP MON THRU WED. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN VERY SEASONAL WITH RELATIVELY LOW DEWPOINTS AND LOW HUMIDITY. THIS WILL CHANGE LATER IN THE WEEK PATTERN BEGINS TO CHANGE BY WEDNESDAY AS UPPER TROUGH DAMPENS AND MOVES OFFSHORE. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST USHERING IN SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. PATTERN STILL APPEARS TO REMAIN RATHER DRY INTO MID WEEK WITH UPPER NW FLOW DEVELOPING. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... ...AN EVOLVING TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN... A LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE PLAINS AT MIDWEEK DRIFTS SLOWLY EAST TO NEAR THE APPALACHIANS NEXT WEEKEND AND A SHARP HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH ALONG THE EAST COAST LIFTS OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. MODELS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL PATTERN EXCEPT THAT THE GFS TROUGH GETS HUNG ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE GRID SCALE FEEDBACK OVER THE SAVANNAH BASIN LATE WED AND ITS INFLUENCE IS DISCOUNTED. WITH NW FLOW ALOFT...THE UKMET AND CANADIAN UPSTREAM PATTERN FAVORS MCS ACTION IN THE NRN MIDWEST TUE NGT-WED WHICH MAY IMPACT OUR CHANCES FOR CONVECTIVE PCPN WED NGT. THUS... POPS WILL BE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FOR WED NGT. OTHERWISE... CONDITIONS SHOULD BE DRY DURING THE PERIOD AND TEMPERATURES GETTING HOTTER...IN THE 90S...WITH THIS PATTERN FOR CENTRAL NC...AND NOTHING MORE THAN AN ISOLATED AIRMASS STORM IN THE LATE DAY HOURS...POPS BELOW 20 PERCENT. && .AVIATION... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP BROKEN LAYERS OF CLOUDS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 THSD FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND BETWEEN 6 AND 12 THSD FEET OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT POSSIBLY IFR FOR STRATUS CEILINGS BELOW 1 THSD FEET AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RFG LONG TERM...JO AVIATION...RFG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:00 AM EDT, 13 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 400 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-200815- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 400 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:20 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 520 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ038-039-073-074-192215- ANSON-DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH- 520 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RANDOLPH...DAVIDSON...ANSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 520 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON SOUTH TO MOUNT GILEAD ...NORWOOD...ANSONVILLE...AND WHITE STORE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH TO THE SKY IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS. DONT WAIT UNTIL RAIN BEGINS TO TAKE SHELTER. GO TO YOUR CAR OR A BUILDING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM OR WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. MWS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
553 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HAIL ANSONVILLE 35.10N 80.11W
06/19/2005 0.75 INCH ANSON NC PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 52 IN ANSONVILLE.
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MWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 18 min |
| Jun 19, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.