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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 1, 2012Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 9:31 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 1, 2012, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 128 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: 611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-076>078-088-089-030030-
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-
CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HEAT INDICES MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 103 TO 108 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

NCZ007-021>024-038-039-030030-
PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

NCZ073>075-083>086-030030-
STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
EVENING...WITH A MAIN THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

HEAT INDICES MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 103 TO 108 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
733 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E ROLESVILLE          35.92N  78.40W
07/01/2012                   WAKE               NC   PUBLIC

            TREE UPROOTED AND BLOWN OVER ONTO A FENCE ON PULLEY
            TOWN RD. TREE WAS HEALTHY AND APPROX 6 INCHES IN
            DIAMETER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200493

KC

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
736 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE KENLY             35.61N  78.08W
07/01/2012                   WILSON             NC   PUBLIC

            HEALTHY TREE APPROX 40 FT TALL UPROOTED AND BLOWN OVER
            NEAR HWY 581 AND NEWSOME MILL RD. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
            ALSO REPORTED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200494

KC

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ083>085-020115-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND...RICHMOND AND
ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

AT 747 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF ELLERBE TO
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORVEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKINGHAM TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WADESBORO...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HOFFMAN...
ROCKINGHAM... HOFFMAN... DOBBINS HEIGHTS... CAMP MACKALL...
HAMLET... WAGRAM... LAUREL HILL... AND LAURINBURG..

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 8032 3484 8033 3486 8032
      3493 8021 3518 7978 3518 7973 3511 7961
      3506 7957 3507 7953 3496 7936 3486 7934
      3482 7935 3477 7933 3463 7947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 303DEG 28KT 3505 7966 3477 8020

77

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 8:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	61 min
Jul 1, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	68 min
Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	56 min
Jul 1, 10:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Scotland	37 min
Jul 2, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	83 min
Jul 2, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	72 min
Jul 2, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	57 min
Jul 2, 2:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph and 1 more	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every 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.