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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 8:13 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 28, 2008, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 28, 8:00 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:00 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1044 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-291000- 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- 1044 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME STRONG TO SEVERE... ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL NC THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE GREATEST BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT... DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME STRONG TO SEVERE... ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS GREATEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT... DEADLY LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NCZ085-086-282030- HOKE-SCOTLAND- 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 347 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LAUREL HILL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF LAURINBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WAGRAM...BOWMORE... AND RAEFORD. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. BSD
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 619 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NCZ042-077-282300- HARNETT-JOHNSTON- 619 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSTON AND EASTERN HARNETT COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 619 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ERWIN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ERWIN...DUNN... BENSON. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. BSD
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 51 min |
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.