Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- Sep 2, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1943 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 021908
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
308 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
NCZ027-043-078-022015-
NASH-WAYNE-WILSON-
308 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE... SOUTHERN NASH...
AND WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 306 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BAILEY TO NEAR KENLY... LUCAMA... FREMONT...
EUREKA... TO PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LUCAMA... WILSON...
FREMONT... BLACK CREEK... SARATOGA... AND STANTONSBURG.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 116 AND 127.
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.
THESE STORMS 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 3557 7782 3542 7782 3541 7780 3537 7780
3534 7782 3528 7783 3549 7803 3557 7808
3559 7807 3560 7809 3573 7817 3592 7787
3575 7773 3573 7772 3567 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 262DEG 5KT 3561 7804
$$
GIHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett and 5 more | 66 min |
| Sep 2, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 104 min |
| Sep 2, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett and 7 more | 83 min |
| Sep 2, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 68 min |
| Sep 2, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 67 min |
| Sep 2, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 54 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.