Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2006, 10:36 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2006, 10:36 PM EDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Halifax County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 11, 10:29 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:29 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:06 AM EDT, 17 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 506 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-120915- 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- 506 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY INTO TONIGHT... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVER THE STATE. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT. THIS SEVERE THREAT IS IN RESPONSE TO ONGOING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AT 330 AM... TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT THROUGH DAYBREAK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO PENNIES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN BY DAYBREAK. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THREAT EXISTS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS... AND SPREAD OUT INTO TO THE PIEDMONT LATE TODAY THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH TRAINING OF STORMS WILL BE A THREAT AS WELL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR WHERE 2 OR 3 STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATION. THE MAIN TIME OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD... THEN AGAIN FOR ALL THE PIEDMONT BETWEEN 200 PM AND 800 PM... AND FOR THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN 400 PM AND 200 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BADGETT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
930 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM HAIL 5 SW CLAYTON 35.60N 78.52W
06/11/2006 E0.75 INCH JOHNSTON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED HAIL IN THE TOWN OF CLEVELAND.
&&
MWSLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
935 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 PM TSTM WND GST 6 S GARNER 35.61N 78.63W
06/11/2006 M65 MPH WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
65 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED...SIX MILES SOUTH OF GARNER.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:39 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
939 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM HAIL GOLDSBORO 35.37N 77.98W
06/11/2006 E0.75 INCH WAYNE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR WAYNE MEMORIAL DR AND US
HWY 70 IN GOLDSBORO.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:45 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
945 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL PRINCETON 35.47N 78.16W
06/11/2006 E0.75 INCH JOHNSTON NC PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN PRINCETON.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 11, 10:09 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 8:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.