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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 26, 2010Johnston County, Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2010, 2:57 PM EDT for Johnston County, Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 26, 2010, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2010, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 11:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1122 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010

NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-271530-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-
RICHMOND-
1122 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS
WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. DUE TO
RECENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS...THE TOP SOIL HAS BECOME QUITE HARD.
THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY BE SUCH TO CAUSE
SUBSTANTIAL RUN OFF...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREAS CREEKS
AND STREAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT VERY LOW LEVELS. DUE TO THE RUN
OFF...LOCALIZED FLOODING IN URBAN OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY
OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS RAINFALL IN
ADDITION TO THE RAIN ANTICIPATED TONIGHT SHOULD CAUSE WATER LEVELS
TO RISE SUBSTANTIALLY...FILLING AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS SUCH AS THE
HAW AND YADKIN RIVERS AS WELL AS BUFFALO CREEK IN
GREENSBORO...ABBOTTS CREEKS IN LEXINGTON...AND MUDDY CREEK IN
WINSTON SALEM.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE GREATEST MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT. THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...STORM SPOTTERS
WITH PROPERLY SITED RAIN GAGES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-271530-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-
EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1122 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH A
MAIN THREAT OD DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
APPEARS TO BE GREATEST LATE MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY
BETWEEN 4 PM AND 2 AM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUN OFF AS THE TOP SOIL HAS
BECOME QUITE HARD DUE TO THE RECENT DROUGHT. THIS RUN OFF WILL
CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FILL WITH WATER. ANY FLOODING
THAT OCCURS SHOULD BE LOCALIZED AND CONFINED TO EITHER URBAN OR
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...STORM SPOTTERS
WITH PROPERLY SITED RAIN GAGES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 26, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
102 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010

NCZ085-086-261800-
HOKE-SCOTLAND-
102 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM...

AT 1259 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST
OF LAURINBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE WAGRAM... BOWMORE....
AND RAEFORD.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

REMEMBER... DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH
BEFORE HEADING INTO A SAFE SHELTER. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN
OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT
LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3479 7966 3482 7963 3482 7961 3483 7962
      3517 7930 3502 7908 3500 7907 3483 7929
      3483 7933 3481 7934 3480 7933 3466 7950
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 223DEG 16KT 3479 7951

GIH
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Scotland58 min
Sep 26, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Scotland36 min
Sep 26, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland60 min
Sep 26, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson39 min
Sep 26, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne99 min
Sep 26, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston23 min
Sep 26, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.