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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 24, 2013Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2013, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:31 AM EDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
431 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-250845-
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-
431 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 8:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1256 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

NCZ023-241800-
ALAMANCE-
1256 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALAMANCE COUNTY THROUGH 200
PM EDT...

AT 1256 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
GLEN RAVEN...OR ABOUT OVER BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HAW RIVER...UNION
RIDGE...PLEASANT GROVE...AND...MEBANE.

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

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 140 AND 153.

WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE
URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3625 7939 3625 7926 3607 7926 3600 7954
      3607 7954 3620 7953 3626 7942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 249DEG 9KT 3613 7944

MWS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
118 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

NCZ083>085-241830-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
118 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ANSON...RICHMOND AND
SCOTLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 117 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MORVEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF WADESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE MORVEN...AND...
MCFARLAN...LILESVILLE...DIGGS...ROCKINGHAM...AND...EAST ROCKINGHAM...
HAMLET...DOBBINS HEIGHTS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...
STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLY SOME MINOR FLOODING
OF CREEKS... STREAMS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS ARE URGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 7959 3480 7968 3480 8014 3493 8021
      3518 7972 3518 7968 3516 7965 3516 7962
      3512 7957 3507 7958 3507 7950 3503 7947
      3472 7952
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 250DEG 16KT 3487 8005

BLAES
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:29 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
229 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

NCZ073-074-241930-
MONTGOMERY-STANLY-
229 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS STANLY AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 229 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORWOOD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TROY...SOUTHEAST
ALBEMARLE AND MOUNT GILEAD.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3544 7996 3528 7980 3516 8002 3516 8009
      3519 8011 3519 8013 3518 8012 3517 8014
      3516 8023 3521 8025 3519 8029 3531 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 254DEG 9KT 3529 8013

BLAES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance64 min
Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond72 min
Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMontgomery, Stanly2 hr
Jun 24, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Stanly61 min
Jun 24, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHSampson114 min
Jun 24, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne54 min
Jun 24, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDavidson2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.