Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 7:21 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 27, 2012, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KRAH 272321
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
NCZ042-078-089-280015-
JOHNSTON-SAMPSON-WAYNE-
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAMPSON...WAYNE AND JOHNSTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 721 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
GRANTHAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT OLIVE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BROGDEN...AND...
MAR-MAC...ELROY...AND...GOLDSBORO...WALNUT CREEK.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3531 7782 3516 7825 3533 7834 3553 7783
3542 7782 3541 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 257DEG 27KT 3526 7819
$$
SECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Vance, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.