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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 1, 20146 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 117 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, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Durham County, NC, Granville County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2014-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 2014-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Aug 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:43 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1007 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

NCZ074-011430-
MONTGOMERY-
1007 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...

AT 1006 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...BADIN LAKE...BISCOE...STAR...ELDORADO...STEEDS...WHIP-O-WILL
CAMPGROUND AND PINEHAVEN MARINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3551 8009 3551 7977 3534 7972 3528 7994
      3550 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 241DEG 13KT 3540 7991
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1019 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

NCZ074-083-084-011515-
RICHMOND-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-
1019 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN RICHMOND...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN ANSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM
EDT...

AT 1019 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANSONVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
WADESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WADESBORO...ANSONVILLE...MOUNT GILEAD...ELLERBE...CANDOR...
LILESVILLE...NORMAN...PEKIN...COVINGTON AND BLEWETT FALLS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3519 8013 3519 8011 3517 8011 3514 8007
      3515 8007 3516 8006 3522 8007 3526 8010
      3531 7973 3500 7960 3494 8005 3517 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 251DEG 16KT 3510 8000
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph39 min
Aug 1, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Richmond, Stanly64 min
Aug 1, 6:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond47 min
Aug 1, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore56 min
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery23 min
Aug 1, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond56 min
Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDTFlood WatchRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson51 hr
Aug 1, 10:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Randolph56 min
Aug 1, 11:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMontgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond2 hr
Aug 1, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore, Scotland55 min
Aug 1, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore58 min
Aug 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, Warren97 min
Aug 1, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.