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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2011, 12:01 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2011, 12:01 AM EDT (04:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 23, 11:22 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 11:22 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 814 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-250015- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 814 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .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>011-021>028-038>041-043-250015- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- WILSON- 814 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 59 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. KRR
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Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:36 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1156 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 PM HAIL 2 NE ROLESVILLE 35.95N 78.42W
03/23/2011 E0.75 INCH WAKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 96 AND HWY 401.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1100299
KCLocal storm report, Mar 24, 12:01 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1042 PM HAIL 3 N DURHAM 36.02N 78.92W
03/23/2011 E0.75 INCH DURHAM NC AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL LASTED APPROX 2 MIN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1100300
KCSpecial weather statement, Mar 24, 12:01 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011
NCZ038>040-073>076-240500-
CHATHAM-DAVIDSON-LEE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RANDOLPH-STANLY-
1201 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DAVIDSON...RANDOLPH...
CHATHAM...LEE...MOORE...MONTGOMERY AND STANLY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM
EDT...
AT 1201 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PITTSBORO TO 22 MILES WEST OF FINGER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSBORO TO 10 MILES WEST OF CONCORD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SEAGROVE...HARPERS
CROSSROADS...STEEDS...STANFIELD...TROY...SANFORD.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3549 8031 3551 8019 3561 8024 3583 7919
3549 7900 3527 7922 3519 7910 3520 7924
3518 7928 3516 7961 3517 7985 3513 8006
3519 8011 3517 8023 3520 8026 3516 8034
3516 8047 3518 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 294DEG 48KT 3579 7909 3543 8072
MWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 21 min |
| Mar 23, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance, Warren | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 10:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Person | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Guilford, Orange | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 12:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Wake | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 12:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Bladen | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 3:57 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 8 more | 28 hr |
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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.