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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 19, 20154 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 19, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 6:36 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

576 
WUUS52 KRAH 192200
SVRRAH
NCC051-085-101-163-192300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0073.150619T2200Z-150619T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GODWIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF LILLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...DUNN...BENSON...GODWIN...ERWIN...COATS...WADE...
  FALCON...LINDEN AND ANDERSON CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 7894 3534 7897 3545 7846 3515 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 256DEG 8KT 3525 7879 

$$

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2 follow-up statements

829 
WWUS52 KRAH 192222
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
622 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCC051-085-101-163-192300-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150619T2300Z/
JOHNSTON NC-CUMBERLAND NC-HARNETT NC-SAMPSON NC-
622 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
HARNETT AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...

AT 621 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF GODWIN TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNN...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNN...BENSON...GODWIN...ERWIN...COATS...FALCON...LINDEN...ANDERSON
CREEK...TIMBERLAKE AND SPIVEY'S CORNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 7894 3528 7896 3534 7897 3545 7846
      3519 7843 3518 7858 3518 7879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 261DEG 9KT 3524 7879 3524 7851 

$$

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295 
WWUS52 KRAH 192236
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
636 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCC051-085-101-163-192246-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150619T2300Z/
JOHNSTON NC-CUMBERLAND NC-HARNETT NC-SAMPSON NC-
636 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...NORTH
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3521 7894 3528 7896 3534 7897 3545 7846
      3519 7843 3518 7858 3518 7879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 256DEG 8KT 3525 7876 3525 7848 

$$

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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 19, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A PERSISTENT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
U.S. WILL BE INTERRUPTED ONLY BRIEFLY BY THE PASSAGE OF THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE BILL LATE SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 425 PM FRIDAY...

PERSISTENCE. MUCH LIKE RECENT DAYS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS PULSE
TO MULTICELL STORMS WILL PROPAGATE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NC
THROUGH LATE EVENING-EARLY MORNING...WITH THE RELATIVE FASTER
PROPAGATION AND MULTICELL STORM ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT WHERE MID LEVEL FLOW AND ASSOCIATED BULK SHEAR REMAINS
RELATIVELY MAXIMIZED ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF SOUTHEASTERN SUB-
TROPICAL RIDGING. IN THESE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS/WITH THESE
CONVECTIVE MODES...MID-HIGH LEVEL PRECURSOR RADAR SIGNATURES SUCH
AS THE TIME TENDENCY OF ELEVATED REFLECTIVITY CORES AND STORM TOP
DIVERGENCE ARE USED IN WARNING DECISION-MAKING...IN CONJUNCTION
WITH NEAR STORM ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS.

PERSISTENCE LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 450 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL TRACK ACROSS THE EASTERN TN VALLEY AND
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE SAT AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES SAT NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE PERSISTENT PRECEDING SUB-TROPICAL
RIDGE WILL BE BRIEFLY SUPPRESSED AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF THE
TROUGH ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS...A STRENGTHENING SSW
LOW LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED WARM ADVECTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
WARMING TEMPERATURES FOR SAT VERSUS FRI...SO HIGHS ARE APT TO
CLIMB HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST - INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
90S. BASED ON 1) THE HOTTER FORECAST TEMPERATURES...2) LOCAL HEAT
ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 102-105 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN THREE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS...AND 3) THE AREAS WHERE HEAT INDICES HAVE MET
OR EXCEEDED 102 DEGREES IN RECENT DAYS...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR SAT AND EXPANDED IN SIZE RELATIVE TO PREVIOUS DAYS.

ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AREA-WIDE
DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE PRIMARY FORCING FOR ASCENT ACCOMPANYING
THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NC BETWEEN
22Z-06Z. AS SUCH...THE ASSOCIATED RELATIVE HIGHEST CHANCE OF
STORMS...LIKELY IN THE FORM OF A BAND OR TWO OF MULTICELL LINE
SEGMENTS ALONG CONFLUENCE/TROUGH AXES AND ORGANIZED BY
STRENGTHENING LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REMNANTS
OF BILL...WILL LIKELY SPREAD EAST VERY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. MULTICELL STORM CLUSTERS/LINE SEGMENTS
WOULD POSE A RISK OF BOTH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL...WITH THE LATTER FAVORED IN THE MORE PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS
THAT MAY ALSO EXHIBIT BRIEF SUPERCELLULAR/ROTATIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS AS A RESULT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STRENGTHENING
LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 115 PM FRIDAY...

LINGERING CONVECTION AND CLOUDINESS FROM THE PASSAGE OF TC BILLS
REMNANTS WILL BE EXITING THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. WITH INCREASING
SUN AND SUBSIDENCE IN THE AFTERNOON...HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO AGAIN
REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

INITIAL ZONAL FLOW ON MONDAY WILL QUICKLY VEER TO NORTHWESTERLY AS A
RATHER BROAD UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES IN THE MIDWEST AND MIGRATES EAST
THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE HEIGHTS BUILD...THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA
WILL WARM A BIT ON MONDAY...GENERALLY RANGING FROM UPPER 90S NORTH
TO 100-102 SOUTH...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. MORNING MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FOLLOW A SIMILAR STEADY STATE TREND...72 TO
76 DEGREES. IN ADDITION TO DIURNAL CONVECTION IN CLIMATOLOGICALLY
FAVORED AREAS AND WIDELY SCATTERED AIRMASS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY...A SERIES OF UPPER PERTURBATIONS ORIGINATING FROM UPSTREAM
CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO RIDE THE NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE TIMING OF
THESE WAVES WILL BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE STRENGTH AND COVERAGE OF
ACTIVITY THROUGH THE PERIOD.

PERHAPS SOME RELIEF IS IN SIGHT AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. AN
AMPLIFYING RIDGE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST WILL INDUCE DOWNSTREAM
TROFFING IN THE EASTERN CONUS...WITH NOTABLY COOLER AIR MAKING A
PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE FRONTAL ZONE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AIRMASS WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM
THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...INCREASING OUR CHANCE OF RAIN AS WELL AS
KNOCKING 5-8 DEGREES OFF OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...WHICH
WOULD STILL KEEP US WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. A
FURTHER COOL-OFF TOWARDS CLIMATOLOGICAL HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S
MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON FOR NEXT WEEKEND...STAY TUNED (AND COOL).

&&

.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY...

A PERSISTENCE FORECAST OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING STORMS...LATE NIGHT-EARLY MORNING STRATUS WHERE EARLIER
RAIN OCCURS....AND VFR CONDITIONS OTHERWISE...WILL BE FOLLOWED
OWING TO THE CONTINUED TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE
BILL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF A HOT SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE THAT REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US.

OUTLOOK: MAINLY VFR...EXCEPT FOR IN AND NEAR MAINLY DIURNALLY-
DRIVEN SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.CLIMATE...
REC
          REC            HI
DAY       MAX    YR      MIN   YR
RDU RECORDS
06/19     102   1944     73   2010
06/20     102   1887     77   1924
06/21     101   1933     75   1933
GSO RECORDS
06/19     100   1944     77   1970
06/20     100   1924     75   2009
06/21     100   1933     75   1924
FAY RECORDS
06/19     102   1944     75   1948
06/20     102   1970     77   2009
06/21     105   1933     74   1999

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR NCZ027-028-
041>043-073>078-083>086-088-089.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ042-043-077-
078-085-086-088-089.

&&

SYNOPSIS...26
NEAR TERM...26
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...MLM
AVIATION...26
CLIMATE...RAH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ007>011-021>026-038>040-202015-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS. ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES...WILL
OTHERWISE PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-202015-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL
AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH
WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL.

VERY HOT CONDITIONS...WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND
HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES...WILL OTHERWISE PERSIST
THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ027-028-041-073>076-083-084-202015-
NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 98 AND 103 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL
AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES AND HEAT
INDICES BETWEEN 102 AND 108 DEGREES...WILL OTHERWISE PERSIST
THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
418 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ039-040-075-192115-
RANDOLPH NC-MOORE NC-CHATHAM NC-
418 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH...NORTHWESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL
515 PM EDT...

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SEAGROVE...OR NEAR NORTH CAROLINA ZOO...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH CAROLINA ZOO...SILER CITY...SEAGROVE...HARPERS CROSSROADS...
HIGHFALLS...HASTY...ULAH...GLENDON AND COLERIDGE.

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.

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 3565 7987 3572 7945 3544 7941 3548 7976
      3551 7977 3551 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 263DEG 16KT 3558 7978

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
438 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

0437 PM     HAIL             3 SSW GORDONTOWN        35.71N  80.14W
06/19/2015  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1500709

SEC

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ039-073>075-084-192215-
RICHMOND NC-RANDOLPH NC-MOORE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-STANLY NC-
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL RICHMOND...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH...NORTHWESTERN MOORE...
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BADIN
LAKE TO 10 MILES EAST OF ANSONVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHEBORO...TROY...BADIN LAKE...NORTH CAROLINA ZOO...PINEHURST...
BISCOE...SEAGROVE...BADIN...MOUNT GILEAD AND FRANKLINVILLE.

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.

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 3551 8007 3563 8006 3582 7972 3525 7942
      3506 7989 3507 7991 3510 7991 3512 7992
      3512 7995 3550 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 229DEG 16KT 3552 8009 3508 7992

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ088-089-192245-
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GODWIN...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GODWIN...EASTOVER...NEWTON GROVE...WADE...FALCON...LINDEN...
HOBBTON...SPIVEY'S CORNER AND VANDER.

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.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER
INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM
LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 7886 3526 7871 3525 7862 3527 7860
      3527 7850 3526 7848 3526 7841 3528 7830
      3522 7824 3520 7816 3509 7817 3508 7816
      3505 7816 3504 7878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 261DEG 7KT 3518 7876

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:57 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
557 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ021>023-038-192300-
GUILFORD NC-DAVIDSON NC-ALAMANCE NC-FORSYTH NC-
557 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGH POINT TO GREENSBORO. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBORO...HIGH
POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...THOMASVILLE...
MEBANE...MCLEANSVILLE...ELON COLLEGE...GIBSONVILLE AND PLEASANT
GARDEN.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER
INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM
LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3625 7933 3599 7926 3591 7926 3585 7924
      3586 7954 3590 7955 3592 8004 3589 8005
      3589 8013 3603 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 263DEG 28KT 3605 7969

PWB

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
558 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

NCZ077-088-192245-
CUMBERLAND NC-HARNETT NC-
558 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GODWIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LILLINGTON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...DUNN...GODWIN...ERWIN...COATS...WADE...FALCON...LINDEN
AND ANDERSON CREEK.

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.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER
INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM
LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3531 7895 3542 7860 3540 7860 3540 7858
      3530 7856 3530 7858 3527 7858 3525 7862
      3523 7862 3521 7863 3520 7863 3520 7864
      3518 7863 3513 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 256DEG 8KT 3524 7879

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	29 min
Jun 18, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance, Warren	66 min
Jun 18, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin	48 min
Jun 18, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	54 min
Jun 18, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	40 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wake, Wilson	65 min
Jun 18, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	59 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wake	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	62 min
Jun 18, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Orange	57 min
Jun 18, 9:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	2 hr
Jun 18, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wake, Wilson	90 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	56 min
Jun 18, 9:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	96 min
Jun 18, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	2 hr
Jun 18, 11:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	6 hr
Jun 19, 12:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	6 hr
Jun 19, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	60 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	55 min
Jun 19, 3:34 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 11 more	27 hr
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	55 min
Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	67 min
Jun 19, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	51 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	57 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	45 min
Jun 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	32 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	46 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	54 min
Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	64 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	119 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	63 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	47 min
Jun 19, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	66 min
Jun 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Guilford	117 min
Jun 19, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	64 min
Jun 19, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	62 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Jun 19, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	57 min
Jun 19, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	60 min
Jun 19, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	65 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	35 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	65 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	44 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	44 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	62 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.