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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 6, 2011Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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: Aug 6, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2011, 8:16 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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
Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 56	Stanly County Apt, NC	KVUJ AWOS GUSTED TO 49 KNOTS...56 MPH.
Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Albemarle, NC	1 TREE REPORTED DOWN ON PALESTINE RD.
Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene New London, NC	1 TREE REPORTED DOWN ON MOONSHINE DR.

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 30 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 1058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

927 
WUUS52 KRAH 062330
SVRRAH
NCC123-167-070030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0285.110806T2330Z-110807T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
730 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA   
  STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PLYLER...OR 5 MILES WEST OF ALBEMARLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
  THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW LONDON...
  ALBEMARLE...
  BADIN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.

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 3550 8031 3551 8029 3551 8025 3551 7999
      3526 7998 3529 8038 3538 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 269DEG 19KT 3538 8026

$$

BADGETT

3 follow-up statements

377 
WWUS52 KRAH 062346
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
746 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCC123-167-070030-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110807T0030Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-STANLY NC-
746 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STANLY AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BADIN...
OR NEAR ALBEMARLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A WIND GUST OF 56 MPH IN 
A WET MICROBURST WAS REPORTED AT 730 PM AT THE STANLY COUNTY AIRPORT 
NEAR ALBEMARLE. IN ADDITION... OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 15 
MINUTES. 

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

VERY HEAVY RAIN.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BADIN LAKE AND
ELDORADO.

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.

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.

LAT...LON 3551 8001 3551 7999 3532 7998 3526 7998
      3526 8000 3526 8001 3528 8022 3547 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 12KT 3539 8013

$$

BADGETT

561 
WWUS52 KRAH 062359
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
759 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCC123-167-070030-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110807T0030Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-STANLY NC-
759 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STANLY AND WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BADIN...
OR 8 MILES EAST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE 
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS 
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.

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.

LAT...LON 3547 8024 3545 7999 3532 7998 3526 7998
      3526 8001 3528 8017 3534 8011 3547 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 293DEG 23KT 3534 8003

$$

BADGETT

375 
WWUS52 KRAH 070016
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCC123-167-070025-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110807T0030Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-STANLY NC-
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL STANLY AND WEST
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS 
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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.

LAT...LON 3547 8024 3545 7999 3532 7998 3526 7998
      3526 8001 3528 8017 3534 8011 3547 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 293DEG 23KT 3530 7991

$$

BADGETT

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 Aug 6, 7:18 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:18 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
718 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
AN ABNORMALLY MOIST AIRMASS COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 325 PM SATURDAY...

TONIGHT...
A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WILL
PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT SUITABLE FOR SCT CONVECTION TONIGHT. RECENT
SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE PERSISTENT SFC BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS
SOUTHERN NC AND THE COASTAL PLAIN IS BEGINNING TO WASH OUT NEAR THE
COAST. ALONG AND EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY MLCAPE VALUES EXCEED 1000
J/KG WITH SFC DEW POINTS MAINLY IN THE MID 70S. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SHOWS A SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN
WITH THE REMNANTS OF THIS MORNINGS MCV THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE RALEIGH NEAR HAMPTON ROADS VA. ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH
WHICH EXTENDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST.

EXPECT THE SCT CONVECTION NEAR AND JUST EAST OF I-95 TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTN AND EVENING. AS THE SHORT WAVE OVER
THE MOUNTAINS SLIPS EAST THIS EVENING EXPECT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND SLOWLY MOVE
EAST. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE PRESENT IN THE ATMOS WITH PWS
RANGING FROM 2.0 TO 2.3 AS WELL AS A SLOW STORM MOTION THE MAIN
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING. BUT GIVEN TODAYS EVENTS WITH A LIKELY TORNADO IN WILSON
COUNTY AND A GROWING AREA OF DOWNDRAFT CAPE IN THE PIEDMONT OF NC
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS.
POPS TONIGHT WILL RANGE IN THE HIGH CHC RANGE. CLOUDS AND A MOIST
AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL KEEP TEMPS UP OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPS IN THE
72-77 RANGE LOOK GOOD. -BLAES

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 325 PM SATURDAY...

STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING A SERIES OF
CONVECTIVELY INDUCED SERVICES FROM THE MIDWEST ACROSS THE
APPALACHIANS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LATTER OF THE TWO...CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN MO...IS FORECAST TO
REACH THE NC/VA MOUNTAINS MIDDAY SUNDAY.  UNLESS CLOUD COVER FROM
OVERNIGHT PRECIP STRONGLY HINDERS DIURNAL HEATING...MODEST
DESTABILIZATION OF 1500-2000 J/KG IS EXPECTED WITH PW WATER VALUES
OF JUST UNDER TWO INCHES IN THE WEST TO OVER TWO INCHES IN THE EAST
WILL.  FAVORABLE TIMING OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER DISTURBANCE
SHOULD KICK OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS...AFTER 18Z BASED ON
MOST RECENT MODEL RUNS.  INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FROM
WEST TO EAST SHOULD LEAD TO GREATER COVERAGE AS THE FORCING MOVES
EAST. MOST CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS DO NOT SHOW WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE..BUT FEEL THIS MAY BE UNDERDONE BASED ON INSTABILITY
POTENTIAL AND FORCING ALOFT.  DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE BETTER THAN
PAST DAYS..BUT STILL LESS THAN 30KT...SO THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM LOOSELY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS OF STORMS AND WET
MICROBURST.

WITH STRONG HEATING...HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE 92-97 RANGE.  DEWPOINTS
OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN TODAY ARE IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S...AND HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...NOT CERTAIN THEY WILL MIX
OUT MUCH ON SUNDAY.  IF NOT...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105-107
SOUTHEAST OF THE TRIANGLE.  FEEL TOO UNCERTAIN ON CLOUD COVER
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY TO ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS POINT.

CONVECTION MAY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE EAST..BUT AND
OVERALL DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE DEEP MOIST
AXIS PUSHES EAST AS DRIER MID LEVEL AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE WEST.
LOWS 71-75.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 325 PM SATURDAY...

A SLOW CHANGE IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT
WEEK...AS A SERIES OF LOWER AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVES MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN US AND SLOWLY DEVELOP A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US.
THE STRONGEST SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
TUESDAY...PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT/TROUGH ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY
NIGHT.  WILL HAVE GREATEST POPS TUESDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS..AS MODELS SHOW WIDESPREAD CONVECTION UPSTREAM MAKING ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL MAINLY BE TIED
TO AFTERNOON HEATING (MAINLY ISOLATED COVERAGE) OR ANY DISTURBANCES
MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.

LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES ARE FORECAST TO PEAK MONDAY AND TUESDAY
NEAR 1440M...WITH A COOING TREND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO MUCH OF A COOL DOWN WILL TAKE PLACE
AS MODELS HAVE FLIP FLOPPED OVER THE PAST FEW RUNS...AND PERSISTENCE
OF THE MEAN FLOW WOULD NOT SUPPORT MUCH CHANGE.  WILL FORECAST HIGHS
TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S EARLY IN THE WEEK...THEN FALLING
AT LEAST TOWARD NORMAL VALUES THROUGH FRIDAY. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL
WILL MAINLY BE TIED TO AFTERNOON HEATING (MAINLY ISOLATED COVERAGE)
OR ANY DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 720 PM SATURDAY...

24-HR TAF PERIOD:
ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES IN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE 00Z TAF PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY...MVFR
(AND PERHAPS IFR) CEILINGS AND VISBYS IN FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ALL
TAF SITES TONIGHT...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 06-15Z SUNDAY...OR SIMILAR TO
THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

LOOKING AHEAD:
A RELATIVELY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY/MID
NEXT WEEK IN ASSOC/W A MOIST AIRMASS AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN
W/NW FLOW ALOFT. ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL BE PRIMARILY TIED
TO CONVECTION AND FOG/STRATUS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. -VINCENT

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BLAES
NEAR TERM...BLAES
SHORT TERM...SMITH
LONG TERM...SMITH
AVIATION...VINCENT

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
413 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-072015-
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-
413 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT AND MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...
LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY
LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A CONTINUED MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND EXCESSIVE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED
WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.

.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, Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
153 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

1130 AM     TORNADO          3 WSW STANTONSBURG      35.59N  77.88W
08/06/2011                   WAYNE              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PROBABLE TORNADO RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO 4 TURKEY HOUSES
            ON SAULS TURKEY FARM AT 8152 PELT RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101146

MCLAMB

Local storm report, Aug 6, 2:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
205 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

1130 AM     TORNADO          3 SSE BLACK CREEK       35.59N  77.92W
08/06/2011                   WILSON             NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PROBABLE TORNADO RESULTED IN ROOF DAMAGE TO A DOUBLE
            WIDE... ALONG WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO A BARN AND SEVERAL
            DOWNED TREES BETWEEN THE 6400-6500 BLOCK OF FRANK PRICE
            CHURCH RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101147

MCLAMB

Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
357 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 ENE RALEIGH           35.82N  78.60W
08/06/2011  M5.31 INCH       WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            5.31 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FOUR HOUR PERIOD IN NORTHEAST
            RALEIGH

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101148

SEC

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
655 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCZ038-039-073-074-083-084-070045-
ANSON-DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-RICHMOND-STANLY-
655 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL STANLY... DAVIDSON... SOUTHWEST
RANDOLPH... AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM...

AT 654 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM HIGH ROCK AND NEW LONDON TO BADIN LAKE AND MARTHA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR KANNAPOLIS AND MOCKSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 830 PM INCLUDE...
RICHFIELD... HIGH ROCK... DENTON... BADIN LAKE... MORROW MOUNTAIN...
ALBEMARLE... TROY AND LOCUST. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY 800 PM
INCLUDE... NORWOOD... OAKBORO... PEKIN AND POSSIBLY WADESBORO AND
ROCKINGHAM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WITH RAINFALL RATES NEARLY 2
INCHES PER HOUR. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL FOR AROUND
30 MINUTES.

GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8031 3551 8019 3558 8021 3566 8031
      3579 8015 3568 7955 3551 7956 3551 7977
      3527 7971 3522 7967 3519 7969 3497 8003
      3513 8029 3519 8029 3517 8035 3524 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 321DEG 17KT 3540 8017

BADGETT

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:56 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.CORRECTION.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
656 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCZ038-039-073-074-083-084-070045-
ANSON-DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-RICHMOND-STANLY-
656 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT STANLY... DAVIDSON... SOUTHWEST
RANDOLPH... AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM...

AT 654 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM HIGH ROCK AND NEW LONDON TO BADIN LAKE AND MARTHA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR KANNAPOLIS AND MOCKSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 830 PM INCLUDE...
RICHFIELD... HIGH ROCK... DENTON... BADIN LAKE... MORROW MOUNTAIN...
ALBEMARLE... TROY AND LOCUST. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY 800 PM
INCLUDE... NORWOOD... OAKBORO... PEKIN AND POSSIBLY WADESBORO AND
ROCKINGHAM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WITH RAINFALL RATES NEARLY 2
INCHES PER HOUR. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL FOR AROUND
30 MINUTES.

GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8031 3551 8019 3558 8021 3566 8031
      3579 8015 3568 7955 3551 7956 3551 7977
      3527 7971 3522 7967 3519 7969 3497 8003
      3513 8029 3519 8029 3517 8035 3524 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 321DEG 17KT 3540 8017

BADGETT

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
724 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCZ007-070015-
PERSON-
724 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM
EDT...

AT 724 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORD...OR ABOUT OVER MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CONCORD.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...
ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT
CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 7885 3628 7899 3636 7916 3654 7914
      3655 7913 3655 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 305DEG 9KT 3654 7922

VINCENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	89 min
Aug 6, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange	119 min
Aug 6, 8:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Nash	3 hr
Aug 6, 8:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	4 hr
Aug 6, 8:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 11:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wilson	44 min
Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	32 min
Aug 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	102 min
Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	110 min
Aug 6, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	109 min
Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	51 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.