Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2011, 8:54 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 29, 2011, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 9:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 29, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Hope Mills, NC | ONE TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF BLACK BRIDGE ROAD AND HOME STRETCH DRIVE |
| Aug 29, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Vander, NC | ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR VANDER ON JUDSON CHURCH ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136
WUUS52 KRAH 300054
SVRRAH
NCC051-300200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0340.110830T0054Z-110830T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
854 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HOPE MILLS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDER...CEDAR CREEK...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 7893 3488 7893 3495 7903 3506 7909
3518 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867
3499 7865 3491 7854 3485 7850 3484 7885
3483 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 250DEG 9KT 3496 7895
$$
KRR2 follow-up statements
335
WWUS52 KRAH 300130
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
930 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCC051-300200-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-110830T0200Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
930 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR
CREEK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... VANDER AND STEDMAN.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3486 7893 3489 7893 3495 7903 3504 7907
3512 7865 3509 7867 3499 7865 3491 7854
3490 7854 3485 7850 3484 7885 3483 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 250DEG 9KT 3499 7877
$$
KRR440
WWUS52 KRAH 300146
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
946 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCC051-300155-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-110830T0200Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
946 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3486 7893 3489 7893 3495 7903 3504 7907
3512 7865 3509 7867 3499 7865 3491 7854
3490 7854 3485 7850 3484 7885 3483 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 250DEG 9KT 3500 7873
$$
KRRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 67 min |
| Aug 29, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 9:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wilson | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 47 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.