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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 22, 2012Scotland County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2012-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1004 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2012-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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, May 22, 3:54 PM EDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before
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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Special weather statement, May 22, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 10:46 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 11:07 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 11:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 11:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth89 min
May 22, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph55 min
May 22, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth33 min
May 22, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph45 min
May 22, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson57 min
May 22, 9:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHForsyth2 hr
May 22, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth, Guilford68 min
May 22, 9:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHForsyth3 hr
May 22, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson66 min
May 22, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance59 min
May 22, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly53 min
May 22, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph41 min
May 23, 12:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMontgomery, Moore, Randolph59 min
May 23, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore67 min
May 23, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee65 min
May 23, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Orange52 min
May 23, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person60 min
May 23, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson59 min
May 23, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne45 min
May 23, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore57 min
May 23, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne46 min
May 23, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wake46 min
May 23, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore43 min
May 23, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore63 min
May 23, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wake38 min
May 23, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Wake54 min
May 23, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Wake41 min
May 23, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake38 min
May 23, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland65 min
May 23, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham61 min
May 23, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax54 min
May 23, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax67 min
May 23, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHVance57 min
May 23, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange64 min
May 23, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe51 min
May 23, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax61 min
May 23, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax31 min
May 23, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe65 min
May 23, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne36 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.