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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 13, 2012Montgomery County, Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 4:13 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 13, 2012, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2764 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
2764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Wayne50 min
Jul 13, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more56 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson48 min
Jul 13, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Randolph39 min
Jul 13, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson56 min
Jul 13, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake40 min
Jul 13, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Stanly53 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth61 min
Jul 13, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson43 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.