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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 12, 20104 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2010, 2:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 12, 2010, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 12, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.5

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 12:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth2 hr
Jul 12, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Stanly57 min
Jul 12, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly56 min
Jul 12, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson66 min
Jul 12, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore65 min
Jul 12, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Hoke, Scotland55 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.