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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT for Harnett County, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2009, 3:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 Jul 16, 2:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170930- 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- 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST UNTIL EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE BRIEFLY SEVERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE GREATEST OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...THE SANDHILLS...AND MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON FRIDAY... AHEAD OF A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH VIRGINIA. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 115 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 NCZ074-075-083>086-161815- ANSON-HOKE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- 115 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...MOORE... MONTGOMERY...ANSON...HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN MOORE AND NORTHWESTERN HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH AROUND 230 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. BLAES
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Richmond | 48 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.