Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2009, 8:23 PM EDT for Hoke County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- May 2, 2009, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2009, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 2, 8:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 402 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-032015- 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- 402 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A STORM OR TWO MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO OCCUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 2, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 648 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ083-022345- ANSON- 648 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ANSON COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONROE TO PAGELAND TO KERSHAW... OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WADESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PEACHLAND... WHITE STORE... AND POLKTON BETWEEN 700 PM AND 715 PM... AND NEAR WADESBORO AROUND 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MWS
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 701 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ075-077-086-088-030100- CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-MOORE- 701 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT...MOORE...CUMBERLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 758 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR VASS AND FOXFIRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR VASS AROUND 805 PM EDT...POPE AFB AROUND 840 PM EDT...SPRING LAKE AROUND 845 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE SURE THAT YOUR LOCATION IS CLEAR OF BOTH STORMS BEFORE VENTURING BACK OUTSIDE. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE UP TO 20 MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SMITH
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 721 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ084>086-030015- HOKE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- 721 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND... EASTERN RICHMOND... AND SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 719 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAMLET TO GIBSON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAURINBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKINGHAM TO 8 MILES WEST OF LAURINBURG TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAURINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LAUREL HILL AND LAURINBURG AROUND 730 PM EDT...AND RAEFORD AROUND 810 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. MWS
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:24 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 724 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ074-075-084-086-030000- HOKE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND- 724 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...MOORE... MONTGOMERY AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DERBY AND NORMAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FOXFIRE AROUND 725 PM EDT... TAYLORTOWN AROUND 735 PM EDT...PINEHURST AROUND 740 PM EDT...ABERDEEN AROUND 745 PM EDT...SOUTHERN PINES AROUND 750 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE SURE THAT YOUR LOCATION IS CLEAR OF BOTH STORMS BEFORE VENTURING BACK OUTSIDE. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE UP TO 20 MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. SMITH
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:53 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 753 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 NCZ084-030030- RICHMOND- 753 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 754 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLERBE TO ROCKINGHAM TO EAST ROCKINGHAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKINGHAM TO ROCKINGHAM TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ELLERBE AROUND 800 PM EDT... HOFFMAN AROUND 820 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. MWS
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.