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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 1, 2012Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 78 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
Jun 1, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 410 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 Jun 1, 2:55 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:55 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 10:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:27 AM 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 31, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham57 min
Jun 1, 4:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland92 min
Jun 1, 5:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland64 min
Jun 1, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin43 min
Jun 1, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHVance, Warren37 min
Jun 1, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Warren39 min
Jun 1, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Warren49 min
Jun 1, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax51 min
Jun 1, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake60 min
Jun 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph53 min
Jun 1, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax39 min
Jun 1, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Guilford53 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax29 min
Jun 1, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax, Nash40 min
Jun 1, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph45 min
Jun 1, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance64 min
Jun 1, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford40 min
Jun 1, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Orange46 min
Jun 1, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson24 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford3 hr
Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford40 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson46 min
Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville41 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth37 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne45 min
Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Person40 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange60 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly36 min
Jun 1, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson50 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson61 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Person28 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Vance44 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Wake52 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren47 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance, Warren32 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWarren31 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax19 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHNash40 min
Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne59 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston57 min
Jun 1, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson35 min
Jun 1, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax19 min

Nearby

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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.