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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 23, 2012Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 23, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Edgecombe County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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 23, 1:47 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 10:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1037 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-240930-
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-
1037 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. ALSO...THE STORMS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.

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

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL
HOURS TUESDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY TO THE EAST OF A ALBEMARLE TO
GREENSBORO LINE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 4
PM AND 9 PM...AND AGAIN TUESDAY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 11 PM.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
152 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NCZ027-028-043-231845-
EDGECOMBE-NASH-WILSON-
152 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS NASH...WILSON AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...

AT 151 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
ELM CITY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR SPEED IN
EASTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
WILLBANKS...MACCLESFIELD...PINETOPS...SPEED...CONETOE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

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 3582 7738 3582 7741 3580 7743 3580 7747
      3575 7753 3564 7771 3579 7800 3589 7786
      3601 7777 3600 7740 3591 7734 3589 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 292DEG 16KT 3581 7779

BLAES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	51 min
Jul 23, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	66 min
Jul 23, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	53 min
Jul 23, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	96 min
Jul 23, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	60 min
Jul 23, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	53 min
Jul 23, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	65 min
Jul 23, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange	47 min
Jul 23, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	52 min
Jul 23, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Greene	18 min
Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	38 min
Jul 23, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	52 min
Jul 23, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Wake	66 min
Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	56 min
Jul 23, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Richmond	55 min
Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Wake	53 min
Jul 23, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	51 min
Jul 23, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	59 min
Jul 23, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	45 min
Jul 23, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	66 min
Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson	65 min
Jul 23, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	61 min
Jul 23, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	40 min
Jul 23, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	55 min
Jul 23, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore	54 min
Jul 23, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	89 min
Jul 23, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake	59 min
Jul 23, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	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.