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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 14, 20085 counties in North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 2008-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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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 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, Jun 14, 10:38 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
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.

&&

BSD
Local 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.

&&

BSD
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:27 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:39 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Lee63 min
Jun 14, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne44 min
Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHLee66 min
Jun 14, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson3 hr
Jun 15, 1:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHoke, Moore, Scotland2 hr
Jun 15, 7:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland3 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.