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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 23, 2012Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 23, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 23, 8:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 8:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 10:41 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1041 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012

NCZ011-026>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-241445-
HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1041 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING... MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. SOME OF THESE STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT
OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

NCZ007>010-021>025-241445-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
DURHAM-
1041 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH A PRIMARY THREAT
OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
455 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012

NCZ083>086-088-089-232200-
ANSON-CUMBERLAND-HOKE-RICHMOND-SAMPSON-SCOTLAND-
455 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING SAMPSON... SCOTLAND... RICHMOND...
CUMBERLAND... ANSON AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 453 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
SOUTH OF CAMP MACKALL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF LAURINBURG...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS PRODUCING INTENSE
DOWNBURST WINDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WAGRAM...
BOWMORE... ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET... ANTIOCH... RAEFORD... HOPE
MILLS... GARLAND... IVANHOE... AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE LINE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 61.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3495 7903 3483 7919
      3483 7934 3477 7933 3463 7946 3480 7968
      3481 8024 3483 8033 3502 7988 3507 7952
      3504 7946 3508 7942 3520 7862 3517 7816
      3489 7814 3474 7819 3471 7811 3455 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 295DEG 10KT 3492 7947

GIH
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:38 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:36 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
Jun 24, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson61 min
Jun 24, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne59 min
Jun 24, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson2 hr
Jun 24, 5:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAnson92 min
Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHRichmond3 hr
Jun 24, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWayne85 min
Jun 24, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson66 min

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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.