Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 9:19 AM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 9:19 AM EDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
730 WWUS72 KRAH 041319 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 919 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-042000- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0005.110404T1319Z-110405T0900Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 919 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS...SHALLOW ROOTED OR DISEASED TREES...AND A FEW POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST EAST ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 64 AND HIGHWAY 70 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
896 WWUS72 KRAH 041950 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 350 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT... AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-050900- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110405T0900Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 350 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS... SHALLOW ROOTED OR DISEASED TREES...AND A FEW POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST EAST ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 64 AND HIGHWAY 70 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
950 WWUS72 KRAH 050256 AAA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1056 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-050900- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110405T0900Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1056 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS... SHALLOW ROOTED OR DISEASED TREES...AND A FEW POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST EAST ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 64 AND HIGHWAY 70 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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.