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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 19, 20154 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2015, 8:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 19, 2015, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Apr 19, 7:45 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:45 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
453 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

NCZ075-192145-
MOORE NC-
453 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A HEAVY SHOWER WITH STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MOORE COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
HEAVY SHOWER 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINEHURST...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARTHAGE...PINEHURST...WHISPERING PINES...FOXFIRE...TAYLORTOWN...
CAMERON...EAGLE SPRINGS...GLENDON AND SEVEN LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. IF THE
STORM INTENSIFIES AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS...A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 7963 3519 7966 3524 7967 3526 7970
      3527 7970 3552 7944 3552 7935 3550 7934
      3548 7936 3544 7933 3543 7933 3540 7929
      3535 7927 3533 7923 3516 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 228DEG 16KT 3523 7961

MWS

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
649 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

NCZ084-085-192330-
RICHMOND NC-SCOTLAND NC-
649 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND AND NORTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
EDT...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAVISTOWN...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOFFMAN...GIBSON...SANDHILLS GAME LAND...CAMP MACKALL AND LAUREL
HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. IF THE
STORM INTENSIFIES AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS...A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7972 3510 7958 3508 7958
      3507 7957 3506 7948 3499 7939 3495 7936
      3474 7959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 207DEG 24KT 3476 7965

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:34 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
734 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

NCZ039-074-075-084>086-200030-
RICHMOND NC-RANDOLPH NC-MOORE NC-HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-MONTGOMERY NC-
734 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT
PORTIONS OF RICHMOND... RANDOLPH...MOORE...HOKE...SCOTLAND AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF BADIN LAKE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF TROY
TO NEAR DUNBAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHEBORO...LAURINBURG...SOUTHERN PINES...ROCKINGHAM...RAEFORD...
RANDLEMAN...TROY...CARTHAGE...NORTH CAROLINA ZOO AND BADIN LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7975 3517 7991 3551 8012
      3551 8007 3570 8006 3592 7992 3590 7954
      3552 7956 3552 7935 3543 7933 3531 7919
      3527 7922 3519 7910 3504 7909 3497 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3477 7933 3463 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 212DEG 38KT 3555 8008 3523 7987 3450 7955

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
824 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

NCZ023-024-040-041-076-077-088-200115-
WAKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-ORANGE NC-CHATHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-LEE NC-
HARNETT NC-
824 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG
WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
WAKE...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE...CHATHAM... SOUTHERN
ALAMANCE...LEE AND HARNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 821 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILER CITY TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
BRAGG TO NEAR LUMBERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS
AND STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...SANFORD...PITTSBORO...
LILLINGTON...SILER CITY...FORT BRAGG...CARRBORO AND FUQUAY-VARINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 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 3495 7904 3519 7910 3527 7922 3531 7919
      3543 7933 3551 7934 3552 7955 3587 7954
      3601 7925 3597 7904 3586 7902 3587 7891
      3568 7875 3554 7868 3552 7871 3533 7854
      3508 7867 3499 7864 3485 7851 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 228DEG 38KT 3565 7952 3503 7907 3461 7896

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	37 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	66 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	32 min
Apr 20, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	29 min
Apr 20, 1:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	43 min
Apr 20, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	22 min
Apr 20, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	33 min
Apr 20, 1:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	30 min
Apr 20, 2:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	57 min
Apr 20, 10:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	52 min
Apr 20, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	66 min
Apr 20, 1:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	38 hr
Apr 20, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	45 min
Apr 20, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	40 min
Apr 20, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	49 min
Apr 20, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee	31 min
Apr 20, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	64 min
Apr 20, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	30 min
Apr 20, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	25 min
Apr 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	36 min
Apr 20, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	33 min
Apr 20, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	28 min
Apr 20, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	44 min
Apr 20, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	44 min
Apr 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Person	41 min
Apr 20, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	31 min
Apr 20, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	62 min
Apr 20, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	26 min
Apr 20, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	43 min
Apr 20, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	48 min
Apr 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	45 min
Apr 20, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	26 min
Apr 20, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	53 min
Apr 20, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	46 min
Apr 20, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly	62 min
Apr 20, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange	50 min
Apr 20, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	46 min
Apr 20, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore	50 min
Apr 20, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	34 min
Apr 20, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee	49 min
Apr 20, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Wake	47 min
Apr 20, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	57 min
Apr 20, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	67 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.