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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 27, 20124 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jan 27, 2012, 8:30 AM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
Jan 27, 2012, 8:30 AM EST (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2012, 9:30 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.2

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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 Jan 27, 6:50 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 6:50 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:20 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
420 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>077-083>086-088-281100-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-
MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-
420 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TODAY.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS TO
40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. IN
ADDITION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. THE THREAT
OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY MID MORNING IN THE TRIAD AND
TRIANGLE AREAS... AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BY LATE
MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

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.

NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-089-281100-
HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON-
420 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TODAY.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH
OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. IN ADDITION... ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS
WEATHER WILL END BY LATE MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

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.

BADGETT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:25 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
525 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

NCZ007-008-023>025-039>041-073>076-083-084-271115-
ALAMANCE-ANSON-CHATHAM-DURHAM-GRANVILLE-LEE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ORANGE-
PERSON-RANDOLPH-RICHMOND-STANLY-WAKE-
525 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WILL MOVE
INTO THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL PIEDMONT...

AT 522 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM
CENTRAL ANSON COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH... WESTERN CHATHAM... AND SOUTHERN ALAMANCE
COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES WADESBORO... TROY... SEAGROVE... SILER
CITY... AND SNOW CAMP. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM WADESBORO
TO TROY. THE LINE OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH ANSON... RICHMOND... MONTGOMERY...
MOORE... CHATHAM... ALAMANCE... ORANGE... DURHAM AND PERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 615 AM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FOR 20 MINUTES.

GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3613 7852 3480 8006 3480 8011 3532 8013
      3636 7898
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 235DEG 40KT 3530 7997

BADGETT
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:02 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
602 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

NCZ007-008-023>025-039>041-073>076-083-084-271215-
ALAMANCE-ANSON-CHATHAM-DURHAM-GRANVILLE-LEE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ORANGE-
PERSON-RANDOLPH-RICHMOND-STANLY-WAKE-
602 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE SANDHILLS AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...

AT 600 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE
EXTENDED FROM ROCKINGHAM NORTHEAST THROUGH ROBBINS... PITTSBORO...
HILLSBOROUGH... AND ROXBORO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM NEAR
PITTSBORO... AND CARTHAGE. THE LINE OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH MOORE... LEE... CHATHAM... DURHAM...
ORANGE... PERSON... GRANVILLE... AND NORTHWEST WAKE COUNTIES THROUGH
700 AM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FOR 20 MINUTES.

GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING ON ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3613 7852 3480 8006 3480 8011 3532 8013
      3636 7898
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 236DEG 40KT 3530 7997

BADGETT
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:45 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 7:31 AM EST, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:30 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 5:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange50 min
Jan 27, 6:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange73 min
Jan 27, 6:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 3 more60 min
Jan 27, 7:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 5 more59 min
Jan 27, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Wake58 min
Jan 27, 12:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.