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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 11, 2008Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2008, 9:43 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 8:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 8:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:23 AM EDT, 16 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
423 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-120900-
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-
423 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED...A FEW STRONG OR BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS MAY
OCCUR...PRODUCING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND OR HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF NICKELS.

ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
SINCE THE WINDS ALOFT ARE FAIRLY LIGHT...THE STORMS WILL NOT MOVE
VERY FAST. THIS MAY LEAD TO BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS OCCUR.

FINALLY...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S...A FEW DEGREES COOLER COMPARED TO THE
PAST FEW DAYS. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY
WILL YIELD HEAT INDEX VALUES CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.

DUE TO THE PROLONG HEAT WAVE WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING...YOUR
BODYS ABILITY TO COMBAT THE AFFECTS OF THE INTENSE HEAT MAY HAVE
BEEN WEAKENED. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRACTICE METHODS TO PREVENT
YOUR BODY FROM OVERHEATING SUCH AS STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE...DRINKING PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:11 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
811 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

NCZ075-120045-
MOORE-
811 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MOORE COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...

AT 811 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ABERDEEN...OR ABOUT OVER SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PINEBLUFF...
PINEHURST.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. INSTEAD...MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES
OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY
FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

JFB
Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:43 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
843 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE NEWTON GROVE      35.24N 78.35W
06/11/2008                   SAMPSON            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON A POWER LINE JUST SOUTH OF TOWN.

0515 PM     HAIL             NEWTON GROVE            35.25N 78.36W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       SAMPSON            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0620 PM     HAIL             ROSEBORO                34.95N 78.51W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       SAMPSON            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0643 PM     HAIL             PINE LEVEL              35.51N 78.25W
06/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       JOHNSTON           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED TO JOHNSTON COUNTY SHERIFF FROM OFF-DUTY
            FIREMAN.

0655 PM     HAIL             4 S SIMS                35.70N 78.06W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       WILSON             NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

0730 PM     HAIL             LAURINBURG              34.77N 79.47W
06/11/2008  E1.75 INCH       SCOTLAND           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FROM SCOTLAND COUNTY 911.

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAURINBURG              34.77N 79.47W
06/11/2008                   SCOTLAND           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED FROM SCOTLAND 911. POWER LINES AND OAK TREES
            DOWNED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

RAH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
848 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

NCZ075-120115-
MOORE-
848 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MOORE COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM
EDT...

AT 848 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CARTHAGE...MOVING WEST AT 9 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... RURAL CENTRAL MOORE
COUNTY

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. INSTEAD...MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES
OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY
FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

JFB
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
850 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

NCZ083-120130-
ANSON-
850 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM
EDT...

AT 850 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MORVEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WADESBORO...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 11 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LILESVILLE...
WADESBORO.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. INSTEAD...MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES
OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY
FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE
NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

JFB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHRichmond118 min
Jun 11, 10:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHForsyth2 hr
Jun 12, 12:23 PM EDTDense Smoke AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more20 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.