Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2009, 3:38 AM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2009, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2009, 9:49 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 674 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 765 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KRAH 070838 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 338 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM FOR THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... .A COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS NORTH OF A WARM FRONT HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. VISIBILITIES WILL ONLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE ONCE THE WARM FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH AROUND DAYBREAK. LATER THIS MORNING....SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. NCZ021>028-038>043-072100- /O.CAN.KRAH.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090107T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON 338 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED AS VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT. LATER THIS MORNING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH A SATURATED TOP SOIL WILL TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ007>011-072100- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090107T1100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS 338 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. DENSE FOG OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND FAR NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH 6 AM. AROUND DAYBREAK...A WARM FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION IMPROVING THE VISIBILITIES. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. LATER TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED TOP SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ073>078-083>086-088-089-072100- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 338 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LATER TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED TOP SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KRAH 071109 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 609 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. NCZ007>011-072100- /O.EXP.KRAH.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090107T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS 609 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE AREA WILL DISSIPATE THE THICK FOG. OTHERWISE...LATER TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED TOP SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-072100- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 609 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED TOP SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WSS
000 WWUS72 KRAH 071608 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1108 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS COLDER AIR SETTLES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WITH WINDS TO THAT STRENGTH LIKELY REDEVELOPING AFTER 1 PM OR 2 PM. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-080000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1108 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. DURING THE AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ DJF
000 WWUS72 KRAH 072022 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS...STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS COLDER AIR SETTLES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH... NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-080500- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 322 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWUS72 KRAH 072218 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 518 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS COLDER AIR SETTLES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. NCZ009>011-026>028-042-043-078-089-080000- /O.UPG.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.HW.W.0001.090107T2218Z-090108T0000Z/ VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... SMITHFIELD...WILSON...GOLDSBORO...CLINTON 518 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN SANDHILLS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE LINE OF SHOWERS. THIS LINE IS RAPIDLY MOVING EAST...AND WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH 7 PM...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAIN COMES TO AN END. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE MOIST SOILS...WILL CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 95 SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AS THESE WINDS WILL BE BLOWING CROSSWISE TO THE INTERSTATE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NCZ007-008-021>025-038>041-073>077-083>086-088-080000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON- RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...WINSTON-SALEM... GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM... LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE 518 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ JFB
000 WWUS72 KRAH 080000 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS COLDER AIR SETTLES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. NCZ009>011-026>028-042-043-078-089-080500- /O.CAN.KRAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... SMITHFIELD...WILSON...GOLDSBORO...CLINTON 700 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WINDY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. WHILE THE THREAT OF 60 MPH WINDS HAS DECREASED...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 95 SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AS WINDS WILL BLOW CROSSWISE TO THE ROAD. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ NCZ007-008-021>025-038>041-073>077-083>086-088-080500- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON- RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...WINSTON-SALEM... GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM... LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE 700 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WINDY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE SANDHILLS. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ JFB
000 WWUS72 KRAH 080014 CCA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 713 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH IN THE COASTAL PLAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. NCZ009>011-026>028-042-043-078-089-080500- /O.CAN.KRAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON- WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... SMITHFIELD...WILSON...GOLDSBORO...CLINTON 713 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WINDY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. WHILE THE THREAT OF 60 MPH WINDS HAS DECREASED...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS TO GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 95 SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AS WINDS WILL BLOW CROSSWISE TO THE ROAD. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ NCZ007-008-021>025-038>041-073>077-083>086-088-080500- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON- RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...WINSTON-SALEM... GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM... LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE 713 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WINDY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE SANDHILLS. THESE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED SOIL WILL LIKELY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES...LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TAKE CARE TO SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ JFB
000 WWUS72 KRAH 080249 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 949 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-080400- /O.CAN.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0500Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 949 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ JFB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 7, 3:19 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 3:19 AM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 319 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL NC THIS MORNING... AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING DRIER AND CHILLY CONDITIONS TO THE STATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 310 AM WEDNESDAY... COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN TO AFFECT CENTRAL NC NEXT 24 HOURS. FIRST...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE CANCELED FRO MOST OF THE PIEDMONT EXCLUDING THE FAR NORTH AND NW AS WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD. VISIBILITIES AT THE NWS OFFICE HAVE IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST 30-45 MINUTES AND THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FARTHER NORTH THROUGH RWI SHORTLY. IN THE TRIAD...RAIN MOVING INTO THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL LIKELY SCOUR OUT THE FOG. WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE BUT WILL LIKELY NEED TO ADJUST/CANCEL ADVISORY PRIOR TO FORECAST PACKAGE ISSUANCE. NEXT...PLAN TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET (60-65KTS AT 925 MB) PROGGED TO CROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING. ONCE THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY TRANSFER STRONG WINDS TOWARD THE SURFACE WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH LIKELY. SINCE THE TOP SOIL IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...EXPECT SOME TREES AND POWER POLES TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN THESE WINDS LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. DUE TO THESE FACTORS WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO MIDNIGHT. IN THE TRIAD REGION AND ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...THE RESIDUAL COOL AIR MASS FROM THE RECENT CAD EVENT WILL PREVENT THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM MIXING TO THE SURFACE UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE AND TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH A SEGMENTED ADVISORY...WENT AHEAD AND PLACED THESE AREA IN THE ADVISORY STARTING AT 9 AM. AGAIN...STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY NOT AFFECT THIS REGION UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING...BAND OF CONVECTION WILL CROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE...THE STRONGER SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER MAY BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE...CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THIS THREAT APPEARS TO BE GREATEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN. DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS...ANY WARNINGS ISSUED WILL LIKELY COVER SEVERAL COUNTIES AT A TIME. FINALLY...TEMPS TODAY A CRAP SHOOT. TEMPS IN THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ALREADY NEAR PROJECTED FORECAST HIGHS...AND THE WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES NOT HELPING MATTERS. WITH BAND OF CONVECTION THIS MORNING...MAY SEE TEMPS DROP INITIALLY THEN TEMPS RECOVER AS SW WINDS KICK-IN BEHIND EXITING SYSTEM. TONIGHT...PASSAGE OF INITIAL 850-700MB TROUGH THIS EVENING MAY CAUSE A FEW SHOWERS EARLY ACROSS THE NORTH. OTHERWISE WINDY WESTERLY FLOW WILL ADVECT COOLER DRIER AIR. EXPECT WINDS TO SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY MIDNIGHT. MIXING NEAR SURFACE WILL PREVENT AIR MASS FROM REALIZING FULL COOLING POTENTIAL. WENT WITH MIN TEMPS NEAR OR ON THE WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE (MID/UPPER 30S NORTH TO LOWER 40S SE). && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 315 AM WEDNESDAY MODELS HAVE COME IN WETTER BETWEEN 2000-10000FT OVER THE REGION THU WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER DISTINCT MID LEVEL TROUGH. APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH LIFT THROUGH THE COLUMN TO GENERATE A FEW INSTABILITY SHOWERS. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPS ALOFT...MAY SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH IN SPITE OF SURFACE TEMPS NEAR 40 DEGREES. FOR NOW....WILL HAVE POPS NO HIGHER THAN 20%. WINDS WILL BE BLUSTERY BUT NOT AS STRONG AS THOSE EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT....HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL LEAD TO A TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN. WITH SURFACE HIGH IN VICINITY BY FRIDAY MORNING...WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE TO NEAR CALM. IF SKIES REMAIN CLEAR...TEMPS SHOULD FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S. AS HIGH DRIFTS EAST FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO MODIFY. HIGH TEMPS FRI BE CLOSE TO NORMAL WHILE MIN TEMPS FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THU NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 236 AM WEDNESDAY... THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SATURDAY. JUST AS IN THE PREVIOUS RUNS... THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE FORECAST TO PASS WELL NORTH OF OUR REGION... WITH VERY LITTLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN THE LOWER LEVELS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER... THE 00Z/ECMWF CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH THE FRONT... WITH LITTLE SUPPORT FROM THE 00Z/GFS. FOR NOW... WE WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AT 20 PERCENT. SATURDAY SHOULD ALSO BE WARMER AS THE SW WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IF THERE IS ENOUGH SUNSHINE... THE TEMPS COULD REACH INTO THE 60S EVEN IN THE NW PIEDMONT. WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE.... WE WILL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT 58-65 NW TO SE. A COLDER DRY N FLOW WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE AIR MASS WILL BE OF MODIFIED POLAR ORIGIN. THE COLDEST AIR WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SUNDAY TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LOWS 35-40 AND HIGHS SUNDAY 50-55 OR SO. FOR MONDAY... LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE 20S WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50 (VERY CLOSE TO THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE). MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY: MODEL SPREAD CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN AND RESULTS IN A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. AN INCREASINGLY +PNA PATTERN IS SUPPORTED WHICH SHOULD BUILD A WESTERN U.S. UPPER RIDGE AND DOWNSTREAM EASTERN U.S. TROUGH. BEFORE THIS OCCURS... THERE COULD STILL BE SOME INTERACTION OF AN OLD STALLED BAROCLINIC ZONE ALONG THE GULF COAST AND POSSIBLE EJECTION/INTERACTION OF THE SW US TROUGH WITH NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY. WE CONTINUE TO FAVOR ANY CYCLOGENESIS/FRONTAL WAVES REMAINING FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST OF CENTRAL NC TO KEEP OUR WEATHER DRY... BUT THE LACK OF RUN TO RUN AND MODEL TO MODEL CONTINUITY MAKES THIS A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. && .AVIATION /08Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 1245 AM WEDNESDAY... CAD WEDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD LIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF OUR REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KFAY TERMINAL (WHERE THE WARM FRONT HAD WORKED JUST NORTH AS OF 1245 AM). A STRONG 55 TO 65KT LOW-LEVEL JET FROM THE SW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AT 2-3K FEET AGL. AS THE WINDS STRENGTHEN ALOFT... LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE AN ISSUE AT ALL TAF SITES THIS MORNING.OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE THE TERMINALS AT KINT... KGSO... AND KRDU (DEEP IN THE LOW LEVEL COLD AIR DAMMING EVENT) WHERE THE SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT NE-E... AND THE WINDS AT 2-3K FEET WILL BE SW AT 55-65KT. EVEN IN THE WARM SECTOR AT KFAY... LLWS WILL STILL BE AN ISSUE EVEN WITH SW WINDS AT 10-20KT AT THE SURFACE. THE 00Z/07 NAM APPEARS REASONABLE IN BRINGING THE SURFACE WARM FRONT NORTHWARD THROUGH KRDU AND KRWI BETWEEN 09Z-12Z. THUS... THE SURFACE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SSW AND BECOME GUSTY TO 25KT. CEILINGS COULD BRIEFLY LIFT TO MVFR OR POSSIBLY VFR IN THE WARM SECTOR EARLY THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LIKELY IN TWO SURGES. THE INITIAL FRONT WILL PUSH AWAY THE LOW CIGS AND MOISTURE AND TURN THE WINDS TO THE SW. THE SECOND WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NW AND BRING MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON LIFTING THE CIGS TO MVFR TO VFR. STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE AT ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY WITH BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089. DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043. && SYNOPSIS...BADGETT NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...BADGETT AVIATION...BADGETT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 11:35 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1135 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-071100- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON- 1135 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT THOUGH SMALL...IS GREATEST OVER THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MILES AN HOUR LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SINCE THE TOP SOIL WILL BE SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAIN...THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES. THIS MAY LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. NCZ073>078-083>086-088-089-071100- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 1135 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT THOUGH SMALL...IS GREATEST OVER THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH THE STORMS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MILES AN HOUR LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SINCE THE TOP SOIL WILL BE SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAIN...THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING A FEW TREES AND POWER POLES. THIS MAY LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. JFB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 9:48 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 948 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-070500- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 948 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...FOG LOWERING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF A MILE TONIGHT... AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE ARE REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN THE TRIANGLE AREA...EAST TOWARD GOLDSBORO AND SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PINES AREA. VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER TO A HALF A MILE ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN LOWER DRAINAGE OR RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE WARM FRONT ADVANCES NORTH LATER TONIGHT. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TONIGHT IN THEIR TRAVELS UNTIL VISIBILITIES IMPROVE. THE USE OF LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHILE TRAVELING IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. LATER TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED IF VISIBILITIES DONT IMPROVE OR DETERIORATE. PAGANO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 11:34 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jan 7, 9:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 51 min |
| Jan 7, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 37 min |
| Jan 7, 5:18 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 4 more | 115 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2009Every wind advisory 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.