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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 1, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1023 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-021115- 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- 1023 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE PIEDMONT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
314 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
NCZ043-078-012015-
WAYNE-WILSON-
314 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE AND WILSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 314 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
LUCAMA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LUCAMA.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY 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 116 AND 121.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND 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.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3560 7777 3557 7782 3548 7782 3539 7785
3548 7803 3553 7810 3559 7807 3560 7812
3579 7803 3572 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 070DEG 3KT 3568 7798
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 22 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Vance | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 12 min |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Granville, Wake | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 67 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.