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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 19, 20116 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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: Oct 19, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Oct 19, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
353 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-202000-
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-
353 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CHARGE ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOME OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS...AND COASTAL PLAIN OF NC.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE QUITE BREEZY THURSDAY ACROSS CENTRAL NC...
WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 19, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
537 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

NCZ038-039-073-074-192230-
DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-STANLY-
537 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS STANLY...RANDOLPH...
MONTGOMERY AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 535 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BADIN LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ELDORADO...NEW
HOPE...ULAH...ASHEBORO...TROY...MARTHA...LINWOOD AND LEXINGTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 8020 3565 7955 3562 7955 3551 7964
      3551 7977 3539 7974 3517 7992 3520 8018
      3544 8034 3551 8029 3551 8019 3558 8021
      3568 8034 3572 8034 3572 8042 3574 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 219DEG 26KT 3546 8009

KRR

Local storm report, Oct 19, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

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

0543 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 S RAEFORD             34.93N  79.22W
10/19/2011                   HOKE               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101467

KC

Local storm report, Oct 19, 6:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
615 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

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

0610 PM     WALL CLOUD       4 SSW BONNIE DOONE      35.04N  78.98W
10/19/2011                   CUMBERLAND         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL
            CLOUD...HEADING EAST DOWN RAEFORD RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101468

KC

Local storm report, Oct 19, 6:22 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
622 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

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

0615 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 SSW BONNIE DOONE      35.05N  78.97W
10/19/2011                   CUMBERLAND         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF SKIBO RD IN
            FAYETTEVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1101469

KC

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 6:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
648 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

NCZ011-026>028-041>043-077-078-088-089-192345-
CUMBERLAND-EDGECOMBE-FRANKLIN-HALIFAX-HARNETT-JOHNSTON-NASH-SAMPSON-
WAKE-WAYNE-WILSON-
648 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAMPSON...HARNETT...
WAYNE...JOHNSTON...NASH...WILSON...WAKE...HALIFAX...FRANKLIN...
EDGECOMBE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 647 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL PLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...COATS CROSSROADS...AND...FOUR
OAKS...CLAYTON...FLOWERS...EMIT...AND...LINWOOD...MIDDLESEX...
BAILEY...AND...SIMS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 7832 3551 7885 3624 7798 3597 7738
      3591 7734 3582 7735 3580 7747 3557 7782
      3537 7780 3517 7784 3515 7790 3519 7801
      3518 7816 3489 7814 3474 7819 3471 7811
      3455 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 223DEG 40KT 3539 7863

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	55 min
Oct 19, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	45 min
Oct 19, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph	53 min
Oct 19, 5:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011 Every 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.