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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 5, 2014Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 5, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
127 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

NCZ038>041-073>077-083>086-088-061730-
DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-
127 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. A FEW
STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 64 CORRIDOR COULD BRIEFLY
BECOME SEVERE WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ007>011-021>026-061730-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-
127 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ027-028-042-043-078-089-061730-
NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON-
127 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR WHERE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 231 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

VINCENT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
113 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

NCZ011-026>028-040>043-078-051815-
HALIFAX-WAKE-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAYNE-WILSON-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-
113 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL AFFECT HALIFAX...WAKE... FRANKLIN...
NASH...EASTERN CHATHAM...NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...WILSON... EDGECOMBE
AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RALEIGH AND ROCKY MOUNT. THEY WERE MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...ROCKY MOUNT...ROANOKE RAPIDS...TARBORO...
SMITHFIELD...NASHVILLE...LOUISBURG...HALIFAX AND WILSON.

LAT...LON 3600 7741 3582 7735 3558 7781 3545 7784
      3536 7856 3552 7869 3558 7890 3552 7897
      3564 7912 3587 7917 3587 7883 3597 7871
      3607 7875 3602 7855 3618 7850 3626 7827
      3620 7801 3636 7791 3644 7763 3611 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 278DEG 17KT 3579 7830

MLM
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:53 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
153 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

NCZ028-043-051815-
WILSON-EDGECOMBE-
153 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN WILSON COUNTY AND
SOUTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

 UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILSON...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY
MOUNT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSON...ELM CITY...PINETOPS...STANTONSBURG...MACCLESFIELD...SARATOGA
AND WILLBANKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3558 7782 3563 7791 3566 7794 3581 7794
      3583 7749 3578 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 267DEG 25KT 3569 7785

VINCENT
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
249 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

NCZ042-043-078-051945-
WAYNE-WILSON-JOHNSTON-
249 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
WAYNE...SOUTHERN WILSON AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR SMITHFIELD... EAST
ACROSS NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY AT FREMONT AND PIKEVILLE. THE LINE WAS
SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE WILL REACH GOLDSBORO AROUND
300 PM.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...PIKEVILLE...SMITHFIELD...FREMONT...WALNUT CREEK...
MICRO...AND SELMA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR .

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3537 7780
      3535 7782 3528 7783 3529 7787 3537 7857
      3565 7854 3563 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 278DEG 16KT 3555 7843

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville42 min
Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wake and 1 more62 min
Jun 5, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson22 min
Jun 5, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson, Wayne55 min
Jun 5, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson62 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford55 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson67 min
Jun 5, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson49 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Nash, Wilson44 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne36 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHSampson3 hr
Jun 5, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe33 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe17 min
Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne50 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.