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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 9:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 14, 2008, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 14, 9:45 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:45 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1038 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NCZ021>023-038-039-151100- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- 1038 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT...OUTSIDE OF LIGHTNING... BEING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. ANY STRONG STORM IS MOST APT TO OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-151100- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH- EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1038 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DJF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 805 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NCZ011-150100- HALIFAX- 805 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 805 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A GUST FRONT 5 MILES AHEAD OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN WARREN COUNTY...MOVING INTO HALIFAX COUNTY. WHEN THE GUST FRONT CROSSES YOUR LOCATION...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE SUDDENLY FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 35 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AIRLIE AROUND 810 PM EDT... HALIFAX AROUND 840 PM EDT...TILLERY AROUND 855 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WSS
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
818 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0741 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW CARTHAGE 35.40N 79.44W
06/14/2008 MOORE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR COLES MILL ROAD AND
GLENDON CARTHAGE ROAD... ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE NORTH OF
CARTHAGE. IN ADDITION... A LARGE OAK TREE WAS BLOWN OVER
AND DESTROYED A STORAGE BARN ON GLENDON CARTHAGE ROAD.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 14, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
820 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0741 PM HAIL 5 N CARTHAGE 35.42N 79.42W
06/14/2008 E0.88 INCH MOORE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
GLENDON CARTHAGE ROAD... ABOUT 5 NORTH OF CARTHAGE.
&&
BSDSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 9:27 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.