Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2009, 7:50 PM EDT for Richmond County, Scotland 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
- Jun 1, 2009, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2009, 8:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 1, 7:46 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:46 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:19 AM EDT, 15 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 419 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-020830- 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- 419 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 346 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 NCZ089-012100- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLINTON 346 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM EDT... A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND SOME HAIL. THESE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH TO THE SKY IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS. DONT WAIT UNTIL RAIN BEGINS BEFORE TAKING SHELTER. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING HAS BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE SEVERAL MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM CLOUD. GO TO YOUR CAR OR A BUILDING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM OR WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 452 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 NCZ078-012200- WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GOLDSBORO 452 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. THE STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF SEVEN SPRINGS AND EAST OF MOUNT OLIVE. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 549 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 NCZ075-086-012245- HOKE-MOORE- 549 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MOORE AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 549 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR VASS AROUND 620 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. WSS
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
617 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL 3 E ROSEBORO 34.96N 78.46W
06/01/2009 E0.88 INCH SAMPSON NC PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ALONG NC HWY
24... JUST EAST OF ROSEBORO.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
641 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 4 NNW TURKEY 35.05N 78.22W
06/01/2009 E0.75 INCH SAMPSON NC PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON LAKE ARTESIA ROAD... NEAR
PINE RIDGE ROAD.
&&
BSDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
656 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0647 PM HAIL 1 E RAEFORD 34.98N 79.21W
06/01/2009 E0.75 INCH HOKE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
911 CENTER REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL ON HWY 401 ON THE EAST
SIDE OF RAEFORD.
&&
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 76 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.