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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 22, 2012Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2012, 1:56 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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 22, 2012, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 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 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:00 AM EDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
600 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-231000-
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-
600 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY
THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
GREATEST BETWEEN 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...
PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS.

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

SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV

VINCENT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 10:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1109 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W MEBANE              36.09N  79.30W
07/21/2012                   ALAMANCE           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE BLOWN DOWN ALONG LAKE LATHAM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200656

DJF

Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:46 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
146 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

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

0300 AM     LIGHTNING        6 E FLOWERS             35.64N  78.25W
07/22/2012                   JOHNSTON           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND DAMAGED... TIME ESTIMATED

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200657

SEC

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
156 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

NCZ088-089-221900-
CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
156 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SAMPSON
AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SPRING LAKE AND AROUND FORT BRAGG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE EASTOVER...LINDEN...
WADE...AND FALCON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 341 AND 355...
AND INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 52 AND 65.

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. WHILE DRIVING...BE PREPARED
TO SLOW DOWN IN AREAS OF BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 7909 3509 7909 3513 7912 3519 7909
      3523 7889 3526 7882 3526 7871 3525 7862
      3527 7860 3526 7841 3527 7829 3522 7824
      3520 7816 3498 7815
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 269DEG 12KT 3517 7896

DJF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	41 min
Jul 21, 8:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Randolph	52 min
Jul 21, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	44 min
Jul 21, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	24 min
Jul 21, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Wake	59 min
Jul 21, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	45 min
Jul 22, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	37 min
Jul 22, 12:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Orange	107 min
Jul 22, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange	40 min
Jul 22, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	38 min
Jul 22, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	42 min
Jul 22, 3:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	2 hr
Jul 22, 3:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	63 min
Jul 22, 3:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	100 min
Jul 22, 4:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	49 min
Jul 22, 4:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	47 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	62 min
Jul 22, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	66 min
Jul 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and 1 more	66 min
Jul 22, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	32 min
Jul 22, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	58 min
Jul 22, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore	86 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	62 min
Jul 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	60 min
Jul 22, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	50 min
Jul 22, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	60 min
Jul 22, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	58 min
Jul 22, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	66 min
Jul 22, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	67 min
Jul 22, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	30 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.