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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 20, 2014Hoke County, Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2014, 1:37 PM EDT for Hoke County, Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 20, 2014, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Hoke County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 20, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 4:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
430 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-210830-
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-
430 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 1:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
137 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

NCZ075-084>086-201830-
HOKE-RICHMOND-MOORE-SCOTLAND-
137 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
HOKE...EASTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHWESTERN MOORE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES WEST OF RAEFORD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RAEFORD...WAGRAM...ASHLEY HEIGHTS...
ABERDEEN...SILVER CITY...AND HOFFMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3499 7978 3516 7963 3516 7962 3517 7962
      3523 7945 3499 7905 3495 7904 3483 7919
      3484 7935 3482 7936 3477 7933 3470 7940
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 326DEG 12KT 3495 7938

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Wake	60 min
Aug 20, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	55 min
Aug 20, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wake	3 hr
Aug 20, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	53 min
Aug 20, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	55 min
Aug 20, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014 Every 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.