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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 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
BADGETTSpecial 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
BADGETTSpecial weather statement, Jan 27, 6:45 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 5:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 6:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange | 73 min |
| Jan 27, 6:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 3 more | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 7:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 5 more | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 12:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.