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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 30, 2012Guilford County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2012, 9:31 PM EDT for Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 30, 2012, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Guilford County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 30, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

NCZ007>011-024>028-040-041-043-011300-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-
EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-WILSON-
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT SUNDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 40
CORRIDOR. SUDDEN SEVERE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE... AND THESE WINDS MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN. THE
GREATEST RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS WILL BE FROM 7 PM TO 2 AM.
ISOLATED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS.

NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-011300-
JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT SUNDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
   EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS.

NCZ021>023-038-039-011300-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 40
CORRIDOR. SUDDEN SEVERE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE... AND THESE WINDS MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN. THE
GREATEST RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS WILL BE FROM 6 PM TO 1 AM.
ISOLATED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
931 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

NCZ022-010230-
GUILFORD-
931 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTHERN
GUILFORD COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

AT 928 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN PINE HALL AND BELEWS CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  STRONG
WINDS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS OF
GUILFORD COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...STOKESDALE...
SUMMERFIELD...LAKE TOWNSEND...MONTICELLO.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3625 7954 3609 7954 3609 7957 3616 8004
      3626 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 279DEG 25KT 3629 8002

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	46 min
Jun 30, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	64 min
Jun 30, 10:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange	62 min
Jun 30, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	32 min
Jul 1, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Nash, Vance, Warren	65 min
Jul 1, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	60 min
Jul 1, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	50 min
Jul 1, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	60 min
Jul 1, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	54 min
Jul 1, 4:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance	45 min
Jul 1, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	53 min
Jul 1, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	74 min
Jul 1, 11:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	60 min
Jul 1, 12:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	38 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person and 1 more	64 min
Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	48 min
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	45 min
Jul 1, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Orange, Wake	55 min
Jul 1, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	44 min
Jul 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren	72 min
Jul 1, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	21 min
Jul 1, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	58 min
Jul 1, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	66 min
Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	61 min
Jul 1, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson	57 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	74 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	78 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson	2 hr
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	57 min
Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	35 min
Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe	66 min
Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	12 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson	66 min
Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 18 more	22 hr
Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	68 min
Jul 1, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	87 min
Jul 1, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	38 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.