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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2009, 3:45 PM EDT for Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 31, 2009, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2009, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hoke County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 31, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 130 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PUSH INTO CENTRAL NC TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER OUR REGION SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1030 AM FRIDAY... SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWS THE COLD FRONT STILL WELL TO OUR NORTHWEST...WITH A FAIRLY UNIFORM SURFACE FLOW AND NO REAL TROUGH EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS..EXTENDING BACK INTO THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGH MISSISSIPPI. THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING ALONG AN AXIS OF H85 TO H7 CONVERGENCE...AND BEING SUPPORTED BY AN H25 JET THAT EXTENDS DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS. A COUPLE VORT MAXES WERE NOTED ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT THESE APPEAR THE BE SHEARING OUT A BIT....AND WE MAY BE LEFT WITH JUST AN ELONGATED SHEAR AXIS. FORECAST PROBLEM TODAY CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTIVE INITIATION AND TIMING OF UPPER FORCING...AND WHETHER THESE WILL COINCIDE ENOUGH FOR AN ENHANCED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE CWA REMAINS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR TODAY. UPPER SUPPORT STILL LOOKS TO ARRIVE LATER THIS EVENING...AS THE UPPER JET (WHICH WAS ANALYZED A BIT STRONGER THAN FORECAST IN THIS MORNINGS RAOB ANALYSIS) SHIFTS EASTWARD. UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH OUT THE DAY...BUT THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND EVEN A WELL DEFINED SURFACE TROUGH IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR LATER. THUS...IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE DEPENDING ON LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THE FORM OF A 35 KT LOW LEVEL JET AND A WEAK H85 TROUGH. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT MAY HELP INITIATION IS A POTENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY...AS CLOUD COVER IS RATHER EXTENSIVE FROM CHARLOTTE TO THE TRIAD AND POINTS WEST. MLCAPES UNDER STRONG INSOLATION TO THE EAST COULD REACH 2000 J/KG...BUT LAPSE RATES LOOK WEAK WITH PROFILES NEAR MOIST ADIABATIC AND THE CLOSEST MID LEVEL DRY AIR BACK TO THE WEST OF NASHVILLE. FROM ALL OF THIS...NOT STRAYING TOO FAR FROM THE CURRENT FORECAST. EXPECT THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS....BUT EXPECT A SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN CWA...IN THE 20-22Z TIME FRAME...AS UPPER DIVERGENCE INCREASES...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD FEEDING OFF REMAINING INSTABILITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILES WITH BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 25-30 KT STILL SUPPORTS SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED MULTICELL CLUSTERS WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE FREEZING LEVEL IN THE KGSO RAOB THIS MORNING AT WELL ABOVE 14K FT...AND THE WETBULB ZERO LEVEL WAS ABOVE 13KT FT...SO HAIL POTENTIAL IS LIMITED. HIGHS IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE A BIT LOWER THAN FORECAST DUE TO CLOUD COVER. WILL LOWER COUPLE DEGREES....STILL 85-91 FROM NW TO SE. -SMITH PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.... SFC ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWED BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC CENTERED EAST OF BERMUDA...WITH A SFC RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO FL. 1010 MB LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN TN/KY. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED SW-NE ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. ALOFT...00Z RAOB ANALYSIS SHOWED TROUGHING/CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT OVER THE MID-SECTION OF THE CONUS...WITH THE MEAN TROUGH AXIS CENTERED ALONG THE MS RIVER VALLEY. A 100-125 KT H25 JET WAS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OVER THE OH VALLEY. 06Z WV IMAGERY AND RUC DATA SHOWED A SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A SHORTWAVE WAS NOTED OVER CENTRAL TN/KY...AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS NOTED IN VICINITY OF THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. OVERVIEW/TEMPS: AS THE SHEAR AXIS OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST PROGRESSES EAST INTO THE OH VALLEY...THE SFC LOW CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN TN/KY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OH/WV/KY BORDER AREA BY 12Z THIS MORNING. THE SFC LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ALMOST DUE EAST ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY 06Z TONIGHT. WITH RELATIVELY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC AND A SFC LOW TRACKING JUST NW AND N OF CENTRAL NC...AN ATYPICALLY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BOTH THE GFS/NAM SHOW A 30-35 KT SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB JET ACROSS CENTRAL NC THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 25-30 KT FLOW AS LOW AS 925 MB. AS A RESULT...ONCE MIXING BEGINS IN EARNEST...WE SHOULD SEE A SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WIND OF 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS FREQUENTLY IN THE 25-30 MPH RANGE. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE AND SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS DAYS. LOW TEMPS TONIGHT MUGGY IN THE 70-75F RANGE DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND A SOUTHERLY BREEZE. PRECIPITATION CHANCES: THE SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL TN/KY IS PROGGED TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO PA LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS EVE...AND THAT FEATURE WILL NOT AFFECT CENTRAL NC. THE SHEAR AXIS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE OH VALLEY ALSO APPEARS TO HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON CENTRAL NC THIS AFT INTO TONIGHT...WITH THE BULK OF THE ASSOC ENERGY PROGGED TO BE OVER THE OH VALLEY...NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND. BOTH THE GFS/NAM SHOW OUR BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IN THE 21Z-06Z TIME FRAME...OR ROUGHLY FROM MID/LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GFS/NAM SEEM TO BE KEYING PRIMARILY ON THE APPROACH OF THE 925-850 MB TROUGH AXIS INTO THE AREA...WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE DEEPEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. THE 21-06Z TIME FRAME IS ALSO WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE BEST UPPER FORCING...PRIMARILY IN ASSOC/W AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG JET ENTRANCE REGION THAT WILL BE SHIFTING FROM THE OH VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS FROM THE DEEP SOUTH THIS AFT/EVE...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW PWAT VALUES ONCE AGAIN IN THE 2 RANGE...WITH RELATIVELY WEAK MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. EXPECT INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON TO BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...WITH MLCAPE VALUES PRIMARILY IN THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE...POTENTIALLY AS HIGH AS 2000 J/KG. EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE/COVERAGE OF CONVECTION FROM 21Z THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHEN THE BETTER LOWER AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING ARRIVE...AND WILL SHOW LIKELY POPS IN THAT PERIOD...WITH LOW CHANCE POPS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION BEFORE-HAND DURING THE EARLY/MID AFTERNOON HOURS. SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER POPS DOWN FROM NW-SE...WITH CHANCE POPS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. SEVERE THREAT: THE SEVERE THREAT IS NOT SO CLEAR CUT TODAY CONSIDERING THAT THE BEST LOWER/UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL BE ENTERING THE AREA LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...PRIMARILY AFTER PEAK HEATING. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW NO MORE THAN 35-40 KT FLOW THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COLUMN ACROSS CENTRAL NC THIS AFT/EVE...INDICATING THAT DESPITE THE UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD...EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES SHOULD BE ON THE MARGINAL SIDE AT 20-30 KT DUE TO GOOD LOW LEVEL MIXING AND RELATIVELY BREEZY SFC WINDS SUSTAINED AT AROUND 15 KT. 20-30 KT EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR WOULD STILL SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MULTICELL ORGANIZATION. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING PEAK HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS DUE TO THE 30-35 KT LOW LEVEL FLOW AND HIGH WATER LOADING POTENTIAL. DESPITE A SLIGHT DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BEST INSTABILITY AND THE BEST FORCING...A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS MAY WELL CONTINUE PAST SUNSET...PARTICULARLY IF A LINE OR BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION DEVELOPS BEFORE SUNSET IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT/FOOTHILLS IN ASSOC/W THE 925-850 MB TROUGH ENTERING THE AREA. GIVEN EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES MARGINALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MULTICELL ORGANIZATION... AND THAT THERE IS UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH OF A TORNADO THREAT. BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLD TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE MUCH FURTHER NORTH/NE IN VICINITY OF THE SFC LOW MOVING EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND WHERE LOW LEVEL HELICITY WILL BE ENHANCED AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. -VINCENT && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 200 AM FRIDAY... SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM SW TO NE ACROSS CENTRAL NC SATURDAY. ALOFT... THE SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE... AND THE BASE STILL WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. THIS MOIST FLOW AND POTENTIAL FOR DISTURBANCES ALOFT... COMBINED WITH THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY... WILL PROVIDE THE LIFT AND FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING MAXIMUM HEATING. IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE OVER THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...WHERE THE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN THE POSITION OF WHERE THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY. HOWEVER... DIFFERENCES EXIST IN THE MODEL DEPICTION OF LOCATION ENOUGH THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POP ALL AREAS. THE HIGHEST POP (50) FROM NEAR CHARLOTTE NORTHEAST TO RALEIGH TO ROANOKE RAPIDS... AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE LOWEST POP (30) WILL BE PLACED IN THE NW PIEDMONT. LOWS 68-74. HIGHS 86-92. FOR SUNDAY...MODELS SHOW A STRONGER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MAY APPROACH THE REGION AGAIN DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AS THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED OVER THE REGION. MODELS SUGGEST THE CHANCE WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NC AS THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY BACKS INTO THE PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. WE WILL CONTINUE THE 50 POP AND MAY HAVE TO GO HIGHER IN LATER FORECASTS. LOWS 68-74. HIGHS 86-92. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 AM FRIDAY... THERE IS GENERAL MODEL AGREEMENT IN THAT THE LONG WAVE TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN ANCHORED OVER THE EAST CENTRAL UNITED STATES OVER THE PAST WEEK (WITH TROUGH AXIS TO OUR WEST PROVIDING A DEEP SW FLOW OF MOISTURE)... WILL BEGIN TO PUSH SLOWLY EAST NEXT WEEK. BY MID WEEK... THE BASE OF THE TROUGH POSSIBLY BECOMES NEARLY OVERHEAD. THIS FAVORS THE EASTERN HALF OF NC FOR THE BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE. HOWEVER... DISTURBANCES IN THE W-NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE IF THE MEAN TROUGH DOES ADVANCE EAST AS ADVERTISED. EVEN THOUGH THE DAILY DIURNAL CONVECTION MAY BECOME MORE SCATTERED THIS WEEK... IT MAY BE JUST AS... OR MORE INTENSE DUE TO SLIGHTLY DRIER MID LEVELS... POTENTIALLY LARGER LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES... AND STRONG SURFACE HEATING. THEREFORE...WE WILL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FORECAST WHICH SHOWS A GRADUAL DIP IN THE POP FROM 50 TO 30 BETWEEN DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...BUT EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH BASED ON IMPORTANCE. SCATTERED DAILY DIURNAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED...MAXIMIZED DURING PEAK HEATING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A PERSISTENT PIEDMONT TROUGH... THE SANDHILLS/MOUNTAINS DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES... AND SEA BREEZE...WILL PROVIDE A DAILY LOW LEVEL FOCUS AS WELL. LOWS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL (67 NW-N TO 73 SE). HIGHS 86 NW TO 91 OR 92 SANDHILLS. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 130 PM FRIDAY... SCATTERED CONVECTION AND STRONG WIND GUSTS THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND EAST...AFFECTING ANY TERMINAL ACROSS CENTRAL NC BY 20-21Z. KRDU WILL BE LIKELY BE THE FIRST OF THE TAF SITES TO EXPERIENCE TSRA...WITH STORMS ALREADY NEARING THE AIRPORT. IN ADDITION TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION...WIND GUSTS OF 20-25KT....SOMETIMES NEAR 30KT...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL RIGHT AROUND 00Z. EXPECT THE GUSTS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH OR WEAK AFTER SUNSET...BUT AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL JET COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT CROSS THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING....WITH CEILINGS LOWERING TO IFR TO MVFR. -SMITH LOOKING AHEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... WITH A CONTINUATION OF HUMID CONDITIONS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR PRE-DAWN STRATUS AND FOG...PARTICULARLY AT EASTERN TERMINALS AND/OR WHERE RAIN OCCURS...AND PRIMARILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BADGETT NEAR TERM...VINCENT/SMITH SHORT TERM...BADGETT LONG TERM...BADGETT AVIATION...SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 2:56 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 256 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-011900- 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- 256 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 645 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 9PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AGAIN ON SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 3PM AND 9PM THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Granville, Person | 81 min |
| Jul 31, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Warren | 98 min |
Nearby
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.