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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 27, 2008Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2008, 1:55 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 27, 2008, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2008-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2008-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHVance52 min
Jul 27, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance39 min
Jul 27, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Orange45 min
Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Warren38 min
Jul 27, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham33 min
Jul 27, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee26 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.