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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 16, 20126 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 2:01 PM EDT for 6 counties in 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: Jul 16, 2012, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Anson County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 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 Jul 16, 1:10 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:10 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 10:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1011 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-171415-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1011 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A CHANCE OF LARGE
HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD
ALSO PRODUCE SOME FLOODING IN URBAN OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE
DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY.

BLAES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:04 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
104 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

NCZ073>077-083>086-088-089-161800-
ANSON-CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-HOKE-LEE-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND-SAMPSON-
SCOTLAND-STANLY-
104 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SAMPSON...HARNETT...STANLY...SCOTLAND...RICHMOND...
MOORE...MONTGOMERY ...LEE...CUMBERLAND...ANSON AND HOKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 100 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
POPPING UP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH
AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FAYETTEVILLE...LILLINGTON...
SANFORD...SOUTHERN PINES... ELLERBEE...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...
LAURINBURG...AND RAEFORD.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 8033 3516 8028 3562 7908
      3486 7834 3483 7848 3485 7850 3483 7890
      3488 7893 3495 7904 3483 7919 3483 7934
      3477 7933 3463 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 323DEG 7KT 3493 8019

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
201 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

NCZ083>086-088-089-161900-
ANSON-CUMBERLAND-HOKE-RICHMOND-SAMPSON-SCOTLAND-
201 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAMPSON...SCOTLAND...
RICHMOND...CUMBERLAND...ANSON AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 158 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE TO 18 MILES WEST OF CHERAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...ROCKINGHAM...RAEFORD...STEDMAN...ANTIOCH...GIBSON...CEDAR
CREEK...FAYETTEVILLE...LAURINBURG...SALEMBURG...ROSEBORO...AND
CLINTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 65.

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

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3455 7825 3485 7850 3483 7890 3495 7903
      3483 7919 3483 7934 3463 7945 3480 7968
      3481 8033 3484 8033 3518 8028 3518 7968
      3504 7946 3517 7931 3531 7854 3520 7816
      3471 7813 3472 7811 3471 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 316DEG 9KT 3505 7861 3463 8019

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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 16, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and 2 more	56 min
Jul 16, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	43 min
Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	37 min
Jul 16, 2:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	93 min
Jul 16, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	55 min
Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	41 min
Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	39 min
Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	57 min
Jul 16, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	47 min
Jul 16, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	57 min
Jul 16, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	25 min
Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange	36 min
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange	49 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.