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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2011, 6:28 PM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 13, 2011, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 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
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 Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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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.
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</html>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, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 51 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, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Richmond | 88 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.