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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 14, 2012Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2012, 1:49 PM EDT for Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2012, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hoke County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 1:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Laurel Hill, NC	TREE DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF LAUREL HILL.
May 14, 1:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N East Laurinburg, NC	ONE TREE DOWN BLOCKING OLD WIRE ROAD NEAR US ROUTE 501.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

188 
WUUS52 KRAH 141749
SVRRAH
NCC093-165-141830-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0071.120514T1749Z-120514T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
149 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GIBSON...OR OVER LAURINBURG...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAURINBURG...EAST LAURINBURG...
  WAGRAM...
  BOWMORE...
  RAEFORD...SILVER CITY...

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.

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 3480 7968 3482 7964 3482 7962 3484 7962
      3508 7930 3490 7910 3483 7919 3483 7934
      3482 7935 3477 7933 3463 7945 3463 7947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 231DEG 27KT 3476 7954

$$

GIH

2 follow-up statements

850 
WWUS52 KRAH 141823
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
223 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

NCC093-165-141830-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120514T1830Z/
HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-
223 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND AND SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES...

AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WAGRAM...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAEFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ANTIOCH AND SILVER
CITY.

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 3496 7946 3508 7930 3490 7910 3483 7919
      3483 7921 3483 7934 3482 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 231DEG 27KT 3492 7929

$$

GIH

960 
WWUS52 KRAH 141831
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
231 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

NCC093-165-141842-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120514T1830Z/
HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-
231 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND AND 
SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 230 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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.

LAT...LON 3496 7946 3508 7930 3490 7910 3483 7919
      3483 7921 3483 7934 3482 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 231DEG 27KT 3492 7930

$$

GIH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 10:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Forsyth	2 hr
May 14, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange and 3 more	82 min
May 14, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	47 min
May 14, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	43 min
May 14, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	52 min
May 14, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	62 min
May 14, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	39 min
May 14, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	67 min
May 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Forsyth	3 hr
May 14, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	21 min
May 14, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	2 hr
May 14, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Forsyth	6 hr
May 14, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	65 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.