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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 11:37 PM EDT for Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 22, 2012, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1004 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 22, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 354 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-232000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 354 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING FROM HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. ELLIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 89 min |
| May 22, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 55 min |
| May 22, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 33 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 22, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 57 min |
| May 22, 9:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| May 22, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 68 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| May 22, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 66 min |
| May 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 59 min |
| May 22, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 53 min |
| May 22, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 23, 12:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 59 min |
| May 23, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 67 min |
| May 23, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 65 min |
| May 23, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 52 min |
| May 23, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 60 min |
| May 23, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 59 min |
| May 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 43 min |
| May 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 63 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 41 min |
| May 23, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 38 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 65 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 57 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 64 min |
| May 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 61 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 65 min |
| May 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 36 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.