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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 10, 2011Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 8:43 AM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 10, 2011, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 10, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
521 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-083-084-111100-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
521 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY OR WITH VERY SLOW
MOVEMENT...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE SLOW
STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...AND A RESULTANT THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE
WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THIS WEEKEND. THESE TOO WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...AND HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

NCZ042-077-078-085-086-088-089-110915-
JOHNSTON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
521 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY OR
WITH VERY SLOW MOVEMENT...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING. THE SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...AND A RESULTANT THREAT OF
LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT
OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE TOO WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND
HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

MWS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:47 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly54 min
Jun 10, 7:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne58 min
Jun 10, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee, Moore53 min
Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax37 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Lee, Moore43 min
Jun 10, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax56 min
Jun 10, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax41 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth52 min
Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHForsyth71 min
Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHalifax3 hr
Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHLee, Moore75 min
Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHForsyth36 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett, Moore60 min
Jun 10, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren53 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Stanly62 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe58 min
Jun 10, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham56 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery57 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland65 min
Jun 10, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax55 min
Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake43 min
Jun 10, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham64 min
Jun 10, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Nash51 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMoore85 min
Jun 10, 7:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren105 min
Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin39 min

Nearby

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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.