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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 28, 2007Vance County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2007, 4:21 PM EDT for Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 21 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: Mar 28, 2007, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2007, 4:42 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vance County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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
Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Wsw Henderson, NC

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 28, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KRAH 282021
SVRRAH
NCC181-282100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0016.070328T2021Z-070328T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
421 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KITTRELL...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL
  SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HENDERSON...
  KITTRELL...SOUTH HENDERSON...
  GILLBURG...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH AND GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3619 7850 3620 7850 3621 7851 3637 7851
      3629 7829 3623 7835 3622 7839 3619 7840
      3617 7842

$$

VINCENT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 282042
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
441 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

NCC181-282051-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070328T2100Z/
VANCE NC-
441 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IN VANCE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED 
AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN VANCE COUNTY THROUGH 515 
PM THIS AFTERNOON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3619 7850 3620 7850 3621 7851 3637 7851
      3629 7829 3623 7835 3622 7839 3619 7840
      3617 7842

$$

VINCENT

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 Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION....FINAL VERSION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...

LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. SURFACE MOVING INTO FAVORED
INSTABILITY AXIS AT THIS TIME. FORCING NOT TERRIFIC BUT EXPECTED TO
INCREASE NEXT FEW HOURS AS MID LEVEL FLOW INCREASES IN RESPONSE TO
APPROACHING MID LEVEL TROUGH ANALYZED THIS MORNING OVER THE DEEP
SOUTH/TN VALLEY. SURFACE TEMPS ALSO REACHING CONVECTIVE TEMP OF
LOWER 80S. THUS EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN NOW AND
00Z...AND BETWEEN 22-02Z IN THE SOUTH.

EXPECT CONVECTION TO TRANSITION TO A STRATIFORM RAIN EVENT LATER
TONIGHT/OVERNIGHT HOURS  AS LOW LEVELS STABILIZE IN RESPONSE TO COLD
AIR ADVECTION. SURFACE FRONT AND LAGGING MID LEVEL TROUGH MAY
PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR REMNANTS OF LOWER OH VALLEY CONVECTION TO MOVE
ALONG OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY PROVIDE SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NC WITH MUCH
NEEDED RAINFALL. USED HPC PRECIP WITH SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS UPWARD DUE
TO ABNORMALLY HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THURSDAY...
BIG CHANGE AS HIGH PRESSURE NOSES INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
RESULTING IN CHILLY NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE AREA. THE DAY WILL START
ON A CLOUDY/WET NOTE WITH CONSIDERABLE LIGHT RAIN AND/OR DRIZZLE THROUGH
MID MORNING. THEN ONLY LINGERING SMALL CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER
THROUGH LATE MORNING/MIDDAY. QPF AMOUNTS ON THE LIGHT SIDE AS
ISENTROPIC LIFT QUITE WEAK. WELL SATURATED LOW LEVELS WILL RESULT IN
PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDINESS WITH SLOW CLEARING FROM NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY. CLOUDS AND BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES ON THE CHILLY SIDE WITH HIGHS AVERAGING 20 TO 25
DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OF TODAY GENERALLY RANGING FROM THE LOWER
50S NORTH...MID/UPPER 50S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES COULD BE A BIT TRICKY...IF CLOUDS BREAK SOONER...MAXES
COULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
CLEARING THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE AREA.
PIECE OF MAIN HIGH WILL BREAK OFF OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS DECOUPLING OVERNIGHT. THUS WILL
SEE OVERNIGHT LOWS DIP INTO MID AND UPPER 30S...SOME LOWER 30S
POSSIBLE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. THUS THERE IS THE RISK OF SCATTERED
FROST. HAVE ADDRESSED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE ALLOWING A WEAK FRONTAL
SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS AS
LOW LEVEL/850 FLOW QUICKLY TURN WESTERLY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO MODERATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...CLIMBING BACK INTO THE MID AND
UPPER 70S.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN BECOMING NEARLY ZONAL BY MID WEEK.
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. HAVE INTRODUCED
SMALL CHANCE POPS. HAVE USED BASICALLY USED HPC TEMPERATURES. WARM
WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THREATEN THE NORTHERN
TERMINALS OF KINT, KGSO, KRDU AND KRWI THROUGH 01Z, AND KFAY THROUGH
03Z. DUE TO FREEZING LEVELS BETWEEN 9000-10000 FT...LARGE HAIL MAY
POSE A THREAT.

SURFACE FRONT JUST NE OF RWI-RDU AT 18Z. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE FROPA WILL BE NOTED BY THE
WINDS SHIFTING TO THE E-NE WITH SURFACE FLOW BECOMING PREDOMINATELY
NE BETWEEN 00-03Z ACROSS THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS 10-15KTS
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THU MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 22
KTS POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL TRANSITION TO A WIDESPREAD RAIN
EVENT AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES LATER THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN TAPER OFF TO PATCHES OF DRIZZLE
AFTER 12Z THU. CEILINGS GENERALLY VFR THROUGH 23Z THEN EXPECTED TO
LOWER BETWEEN 23-03Z TO LOWER TO BETWEEN 1000-2000 FT. CEILINGS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN MVFR UNTIL LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON THU.
CLEARING NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL THU AFTERNOON.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...WSS
LONG TERM...RA
AVIATION...WSS

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-291530-
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-
245 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT DRIFTS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL...BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH MAY ALSO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT
INTENSE LIGHTNING WITH UP TO 50 STRIKES IN 15 MINUTES POSSIBLE.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON
THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES
COLDER COMPARED TO HIGHS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LOW TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY POSE A RISK OF LIGHT FROST...MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MID
EVENING. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL OF ANY SIZE OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN
INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH.

WSS/GIH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 10:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1028 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     HAIL             7 NW CASTALIA           36.15N 78.15W
03/27/2007  M0.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GIH

Local storm report, Mar 28, 3:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
357 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             OXFORD                  36.31N 78.59W
03/28/2007  M0.75 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STILL HAILING AS OF 354 PM EDT

&&

WSS

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
400 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             OXFORD                  36.31N 78.59W
03/28/2007  E1.00 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN OXFORD.

&&

WSS

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:04 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
404 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             OXFORD                  36.31N 78.59W
03/28/2007  E0.88 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL NOW FALLING AT COUNTY 911 CENTER.

&&

WSS

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:07 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
407 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0342 PM     HAIL             1 W AVENTON             36.15N 77.97W
03/28/2007  E1.00 INCH       NASH               NC   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY NASH COUNTY 911 CENTER.

&&

WSS

Local storm report, Mar 28, 4:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
415 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             OXFORD                  36.31N 78.59W
03/28/2007  E1.00 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL HAS BEEN FALLING FOR 20 MINUTES. HAIL IS COVERING
            THE GROUND.

&&

BLAES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	18 min
Mar 28, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	54 min
Mar 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	38 min
Mar 28, 3:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	3 hr
Mar 28, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Warren	49 min
Mar 28, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	47 min
Mar 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Granville	3 hr
Mar 28, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	45 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	65 min
Mar 28, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	38 min
Mar 28, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	31 min
Mar 28, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.