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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 27, 2015Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2015, 9:28 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2015, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2015, 10:01 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 2101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 27, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
433 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-282045-
VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-
HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
433 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST THROUGH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH THE GREATEST
LIKELIHOOD NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ007-008-021>025-038>040-073>076-083-084-282045-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-
RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
433 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST THROUGH
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
637 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW CUMNOCK            35.55N  79.24W
06/27/2015                   LEE                NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COTTEN
            ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500808

BLAES

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
710 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SANFORD                 35.48N  79.18W
06/27/2015                   LEE                NC   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SANFORD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500809

BLAES

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
710 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

NCZ085-086-088-280015-
CUMBERLAND NC-HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-
710 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
CUMBERLAND...HOKE AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM
EDT...

AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
ABERDEEN TO 6 MILES WEST OF LAURINBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...MAXTON...GODWIN...
POPE AFB...ANTIOCH...HOPE MILLS AND SPRING 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 3470 7955 3516 7921 3517 7910 3519 7910
      3523 7888 3526 7880 3525 7862 3512 7865
      3512 7864 3508 7867 3499 7864 3490 7854
      3489 7857 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3477 7933 3463 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 253DEG 40KT 3508 7938 3476 7958

26

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
721 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEMMONS                36.02N  80.39W
06/27/2015                   FORSYTH            NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN THE CLEMMONS AREA.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500810

BLAES

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
755 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTHERN PINES          35.18N  79.40W
06/27/2015                   MOORE              NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN PINES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500811

BLAES

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
758 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW COATS CROSSROADS   35.59N  78.65W
06/27/2015                   WAKE               NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ONE LANE OF HWY 42.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500812

RAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	60 min
Jun 27, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	55 min
Jun 27, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	3 hr

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.