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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 13, 2011Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Sse Oakboro, NC	ONE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 742N NEAR THE COUNTY LINE
Jul 13, 5:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ese Ansonville, NC	ONE TREE DOWN OFF HIGHWAY 109N

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

818 
WUUS52 KRAH 132124
SVRRAH
NCC007-132215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0245.110713T2124Z-110713T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
524 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANSONVILLE...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTH OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL
  AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANSONVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3520 8028 3521 8025 3517 8023 3515 8021
      3517 8020 3515 8018 3519 8011 3511 8007
      3508 8000 3512 7995 3511 7992 3505 7988
      3501 7990 3498 7987 3490 7985 3485 7990
      3480 7992 3481 8032 3481 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 318DEG 15KT 3518 8023

$$

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2 follow-up statements

135 
WWUS52 KRAH 132152
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
552 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCC007-132215-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-110713T2215Z/
ANSON NC-
552 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR ANSON COUNTY...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANSON COUNTY.  TH STRONGEST 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POLKTON...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
WADESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... WHITE STORE...MORVEN...
MCFARLAN AND LILESVILLE.


THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3520 8028 3521 8025 3517 8023 3515 8021
      3517 8020 3515 8018 3519 8011 3511 8007
      3508 8000 3512 7995 3511 7992 3505 7988
      3501 7990 3498 7987 3490 7985 3485 7990
      3480 7992 3481 8032 3481 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 318DEG 15KT 3502 8013

$$

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594 
WWUS52 KRAH 132213
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCC007-132220-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-110713T2215Z/
ANSON NC-
613 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM
EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES 
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES AS THE STORMS MOVE 
SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.  LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE 
POSSIBLE...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE SLOWLY AND BE PREPARED FOR 
STANDING WATER.


IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3520 8028 3521 8025 3517 8023 3515 8021
      3517 8020 3515 8018 3519 8011 3511 8007
      3508 8000 3512 7995 3511 7992 3505 7988
      3501 7990 3498 7987 3490 7985 3485 7990
      3480 7992 3481 8032 3481 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 318DEG 15KT 3496 8007

$$

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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 Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OUR REGION THIS
EVENING. MORE SEASONABLE HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM...

CONVECTION FIRING AHEAD OF AN MVC MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...INSTABILITY IS ABUNDANT
AND THE CONVECTIVE TEMP WILL BE REACHED...AND A SURFACE TROF IN THE
EAST WILL PROVIDE WEAK FORCING FOR CONVECTION WITH MORE SCATTERED
COVERAGE. STORMS WILL WEAKEN WITH LOSS OF INSOLATION...BUT A SURFACE
FRONT SAGGING SOUTH EARLY TONIGHT WILL PROVIDE IMPETUS FOR CONTINUED
SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDER ACTIVITY FOR A FEW HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT.

CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AS DRIER AIR FILTERS
IN LATER TONIGHT. MINS WILL BE LARGELY PERSISTENCE...70 T0 75...
WITH THE COOLER AIR ADVECTION HOLDING OFF UNTIL THURSDAY. MOSTLY
SUNNY THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES DOWN THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD.
THICKNESSES FALL OFF A FULL 30 METERS...~10 DEGREES...RESULTING IN
HIGHS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...

STILL LOOKS LIKE A STABLE... DRY... AND SEASONABLE PERIOD WITH LIGHT
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT... AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OUT OVER
THE NW ATLANTIC AND CLOSES OFF A LOW JUST SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND
SE ONTARIO THURSDAY EVENING DRIFTS TO THE ESE... TO A POSITION JUST
OFF THE MIDATLANTIC COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING... ALL THE WHILE
RIDGING INTO CENTRAL NC. THE LIGHT NORTHEAST SURFACE FLOW GRADUALLY
BECOMES EASTERLY BY SATURDAY... PULLING IN A STEADY FEED OF DRY AIR
IN THE LOW LEVELS. MID LEVELS WILL BE SIMILARLY DRY AND WARMING...
WITH HEIGHTS ALOFT STEADILY RISING AS A MID LEVEL ANTICYCLONE
STRENGTHENS OVER NE/MO. EXPECT GENERALLY FAIR SKIES. THE GFS DEPICTS
ENOUGH MOIST UPGLIDE AROUND 310K FOR A FEW MID CLOUDS IN THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH
THIS MAY BE ARTIFICIALLY ENHANCED BY EVENING CONVECTION OVER THE
MOUNTAINS... AND WILL BE DOWNPLAYED WITH JUST A PERIOD OF PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES. MODEL PROJECTED THICKNESSES ARE NEAR OR JUST UNDER
SEASONAL NORMALS... A WELCOME CHANGE AFTER THIS HOT SPELL...
SUPPORTIVE OF HIGHS OF 84-89... AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE LOWER-MID
60S. -GIH

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM WEDNESDAY...

THE CONUS WILL BE DOMINATED THROUGH THIS PERIOD BY THE STRENGTHENING
MID LEVEL RIDGE WHICH REMAINS LARGELY CENTERED STATIONARY OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS (KS/NE/MO/IA) THROUGH MIDWEEK. 1000-850 MB
THICKNESSES OVER NC STEADILY CLIMB BACK TO WELL-ABOVE-NORMAL
VALUES... POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 1430 M ONCE AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY. AS
THE SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OFF THE MIDATLANTIC COAST RIDGES WESTWARD
ELONGATED ACROSS VA/NC... THE LONG-FETCH ONSHORE-DIRECTED FLOW ON
ITS SOUTH SIDE... INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES... EVENTUALLY PULLS
INCREASING MOISTURE INTO COASTAL AREAS TO OUR SOUTH. NC THEN BECOMES
THE BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THIS HIGH-PW AIR AND THE DRY/WARM/SUBSIDING
AIR TO THE N AND NW ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG MID LEVEL RIDGE AND
ASSUMED HIGH CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. TOUGH TO SAY AT THIS TIME RANGE
WHICH WILL WIN OUT... ALTHOUGH THE LATEST GFS/ECMWF SUPPORT KEEPING
THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS ACROSS NC AND HOLDING THE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TRANSPORT TO OUR SOUTH EARLY IN THIS PERIOD... THUS KEEPING
OUR AREA LARGELY DRY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY... THE LAST TWO GFS RUNS RETROGRADE THIS RIDGE SLIGHTLY
WESTWARD TO ALLOW SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO DROP THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES AND SSE TOWARD NC... WHILE THE ECMWF ACTUALLY SHIFTS THE 5960
METER RIDGE EASTWARD TO BE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
BY LATE WEDNESDAY... KEEPING CENTRAL NC GENERALLY DRY AND HOT UNDER
A WEEK LEE TROUGH THROUGH THE PIEDMONT. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY
EVIDENT HERE AND CONSIDERING THAT THE 12Z/13 GFS HAS A FARTHER-EAST
RIDGE CENTER AT 180H AS COMPARED TO ITS PREVIOUS RUN... WILL LEAN
TOWARD POPS BELOW CLIMATOLOGY... 25 PERCENT OR LOWER... AND TEMPS
1-2 CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL... YIELDING LOWS FROM THE UPPER 60S TO
THE LOWER 70S... AND HIGHS RISING FROM AROUND 90/LOWER 90S ON SUNDAY
TO THE MID-UPPER 90S BY WEDNESDAY. WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...
HOWEVER LIGHT... WE WILL NEED TO WATCH ANY POTENTIAL UPSTREAM MCS
ACTIVITY VERY CLOSELY. -GIH

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM..

CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.
THUNDER IS CURRENTLY IN THE GSO/INT AREAS AND WILL DEVELOP...WITH
MORE SCATTERED COVERAGE...WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OVER MOST OF THE
AREA. STORMS WILL WEAKEN BY 02Z WITH COOLING...BUT A FRONT SAGGING
SOUTH WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE SHOWERS/SCT STORMS THROUGH 09Z.

A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER THURSDAY
THEN GENERALLY DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOME MVFR
VISIBILITY EACH MORNING AROUND DAYBREAK IN FOG.

&&

.CLIMATE...
DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 13.

RDU

     REC MAX            REC HI MIN
    98 - 1951           78 - 1981

GSO PIEDMONT TRIAD

     REC MAX            REC HI MIN
    98 - 1954           75 - 1981

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NCZ042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MB
NEAR TERM...MLM
SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD
LONG TERM...HARTFIELD
AVIATION..MLM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
304 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCZ042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-140215-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
304 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME
LARGE HAIL...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH. YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER ON A WEB ENABLED CELL PHONE OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICE BY
VISITING HTTP://MOBILE.WEATHER.GOV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ011-027-028-073>076-083-084-140215-
HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
304 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME
LARGE HAIL...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR
LARGER AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH AND GREATER. WHEN STORMS
THREATEN... REMEMBER THESE SAFETY GUIDELINES:

MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH. YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER ON A WEB ENABLED CELL PHONE OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICE BY
VISITING HTTP://MOBILE.WEATHER.GOV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-140215-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
304 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 638 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR
LARGER AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH AND GREATER. WHEN STORMS
THREATEN... REMEMBER THESE SAFETY GUIDELINES:

MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH. YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER ON A WEB ENABLED CELL PHONE OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICE BY
VISITING HTTP://MOBILE.WEATHER.GOV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
422 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0406 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW OLIVIA            35.38N  79.12W
07/13/2011                   LEE                NC   911 CALL CENTER

            ONE TREE DOWN IN 3100 BLOCK OF CAMERON DRIVE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101032

GIH

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
428 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCZ023-024-132130-
ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
428 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ORANGE AND ALAMANCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 428 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PLEASANT GROVE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PROSPECT HILL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EFLAND...
HILLSBOROUGH...CHAPEL HILL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3619 7896 3594 7901 3591 7901 3586 7905
      3587 7913 3614 7941 3625 7929 3625 7917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 310DEG 17KT 3615 7924

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:37 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
437 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCZ085-086-132145-
HOKE-SCOTLAND-
437 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 438 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CAMP MACKALL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF RAEFORD...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

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

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3494 7959 3499 7958 3503 7951 3504 7946
      3509 7941 3503 7908 3496 7903 3495 7903
      3483 7919 3483 7934 3482 7935 3477 7933
      3472 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 286DEG 4KT 3499 7945

ELLIS

Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
450 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0428 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW FRANKLINTON        36.08N  78.48W
07/13/2011                   FRANKLIN           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON US 1 BETWEEN FRANKLINTON AND
            YOUNGSVILLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101033

BNM

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:18 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
518 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

NCZ041-132215-
WAKE-
518 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM
EDT...

AT 518 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
WEST OF PURNELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CREEDMOOR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PURNELL...WAKE
FOREST...FALLS LAKE...ROLESVILLE...NEW HOPE...KNIGHTDALE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

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LAT...LON 3599 7845 3594 7839 3593 7835 3591 7835
      3590 7831 3586 7828 3572 7854 3594 7871
      3596 7872 3601 7870 3603 7872 3603 7875
      3606 7875 3608 7873 3607 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 323DEG 18KT 3601 7865

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:22 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
522 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     HAIL             PILOT                   35.88N  78.27W
07/13/2011  E0.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR PILOT

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EVENT NUMBER RAH1101034

SEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 9:11 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Scotland and 2 more	22 hr
Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	60 min
Jul 13, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	56 min
Jul 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Lee	58 min
Jul 13, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	65 min
Jul 13, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Wake	44 min
Jul 13, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee	43 min
Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Lee	48 min
Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	62 min
Jul 13, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	68 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	48 min
Jul 13, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	56 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash, Wake	40 min
Jul 13, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	49 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Stanly	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	57 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly	52 min
Jul 13, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	59 min
Jul 13, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wake	56 min
Jul 13, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	63 min
Jul 13, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	62 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Richmond	88 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.