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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 3:37 PM EDT for Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2012, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Richmond County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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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</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 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1220 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-151630- 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- 1220 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
253 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
NCZ085-142000-
SCOTLAND-
253 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SCOTLAND COUNTY THROUGH 400
PM EDT...
AT 253 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GIBSON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENNETTSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GIBSON...LAUREL
HILL...LAURINBURG...EAST LAURINBURG...WAGRAM.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
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 3481 7969 3482 7962 3484 7962 3485 7963
3487 7961 3500 7940 3494 7935 3485 7934
3482 7935 3477 7933 3464 7945 3463 7948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 249DEG 24KT 3470 7973
SECSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 3:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
337 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
NCZ074-075-084-142000-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND-
337 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...MOORE AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 337 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELLERBE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKINGHAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELLERBE...HOFFMAN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 7983 3529 7969 3517 7936 3502 7951
3501 7955 3499 7958 3495 7958 3492 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 205DEG 13KT 3500 7969
GIHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 67 min |
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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.