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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 14, 20124 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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: May 14, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.0

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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 May 14, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:16 PM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
921 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0918 PM     HAIL             THOMASVILLE             35.89N  80.08W
05/14/2012  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR THOMASVILLE ON 109

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200229

SEC

Local storm report, May 14, 9:54 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
954 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WINSTON-SALEM           36.10N  80.26W
05/14/2012                   FORSYTH            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            FORSYTH COUNTY 911 CENTER HAS RECEIVED A FEW REPORTS OF
            HIGH WATER AND STRANDED VEHICLES. NO KNOWN ROAD CLOSURES
            AT THIS TIME

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200230

SMITH

Local storm report, May 14, 10:11 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1011 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W PFAFFTOWN           36.15N  80.34W
05/14/2012                   FORSYTH            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO FEET OF WATER REPORTED OVER CLAREDON AVE IN
            PFAFFTOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200231

BSD

Special weather statement, May 14, 10:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1048 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

NCZ038>040-073>075-083-084-150345-
ANSON-CHATHAM-DAVIDSON-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RANDOLPH-RICHMOND-STANLY-
1048 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012

...SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
STANLY...RICHMOND...RANDOLPH...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...DAVIDSON...CHATHA
M AND ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1047 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HASTY TO PLYLER...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILER CITY TO 7
MILES WEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

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LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8020 3558 8021 3583 7943
      3552 7934 3547 7936 3540 7929 3523 7922
      3489 8030 3519 8029 3518 8031 3516 8036
      3536 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 344DEG 30KT 3564 7952 3536 8030

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Forsyth	14 hr
May 14, 8:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	3 hr
May 14, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	76 min
May 14, 11:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	72 min
May 15, 2:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	30 hr
May 15, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	46 min
May 15, 2:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	7 hr
May 15, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	61 min
May 15, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	60 min
May 15, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	67 min
May 15, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	46 min
May 15, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	65 min
May 15, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash, Wilson	52 min
May 15, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	46 min
May 15, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	40 min
May 15, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	65 min
May 15, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every 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.