Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Raleigh, NC
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 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, 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.
- 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
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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</html>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 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.
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RAHSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Richmond | 118 min |
| Jun 11, 10:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:23 PM EDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more | 20 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.