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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 25, 2012Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2012, 4:48 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 25, 2012, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

654 
WUUS52 KRAH 252048
SVRRAH
NCC051-252130-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0047.120325T2048Z-120325T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
448 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WADE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...
  VANDER...
  STEDMAN...
  CEDAR CREEK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL CAPABLE OF BREAKING WINDOWS...
DAMAGING ROOFS AND DENTING VEHICLES. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3486 7893 3488 7893 3495 7904 3511 7909
      3525 7885 3525 7863 3520 7863 3520 7865
      3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867
      3499 7864 3485 7865 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 005DEG 18KT 3512 7877

$$

10

2 follow-up statements

357 
WWUS52 KRAH 252114
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
514 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCC051-252130-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120325T2130Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
514 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WADE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT BRAGG...MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GODWIN...FALCON...
BONNIE DOONE...VANDER...STEDMAN...HOPE MILLS...FAYETTEVILLE... AND 
EASTOVER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 65.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL CAPABLE OF BREAKING WINDOWS...
DAMAGING ROOFS AND DENTING VEHICLES. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3486 7893 3488 7893 3495 7904 3511 7909
      3525 7885 3525 7863 3520 7863 3520 7865
      3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867
      3499 7864 3485 7865 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 346DEG 21KT 3521 7885

$$

10

170 
WWUS52 KRAH 252126
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
526 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCC051-252136-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120325T2130Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
526 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT
530 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE....HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL 
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 65.

WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DISSIPATED...ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3486 7893 3488 7893 3495 7904 3511 7909
      3525 7885 3525 7863 3520 7863 3520 7865
      3517 7863 3512 7865 3512 7864 3509 7867
      3499 7864 3485 7865 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 346DEG 21KT 3514 7883

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee, Moore	41 min
Mar 24, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange	52 min
Mar 24, 8:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham	3 hr
Mar 24, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	24 min
Mar 24, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	63 min
Mar 24, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Person	3 hr
Mar 24, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	78 min
Mar 24, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	49 min
Mar 25, 4:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	54 min
Mar 25, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	48 min
Mar 25, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	44 min
Mar 25, 6:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Mar 25, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	64 min
Mar 25, 8:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	51 min
Mar 25, 9:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	51 min
Mar 25, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more	61 min
Mar 25, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	49 min
Mar 25, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	52 min
Mar 25, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	55 min
Mar 25, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	48 min
Mar 25, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	53 min
Mar 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	57 min
Mar 25, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	3 hr
Mar 25, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	62 min
Mar 25, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	56 min
Mar 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wayne	2 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.