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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 2, 2016Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 2, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2016-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

NCZ087-096-099-105-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-032030-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-
DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-
INLAND GEORGETOWN-
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS
AFTERNOON.

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE UP TO 103 DEGREES SUNDAY AND
AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE
REQUIRED NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-SCZ056-032030-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE EARLY EVENING HIGH TIDE WILL BE ELEVATED WITH WATER COMING
WELL UP ONTO THE BEACH...BUT MINOR COASTAL FLOOD THRESHOLDS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE REACHED.

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND
AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY UP TO 105 MID
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ110-SCZ054-032030-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH 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.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

THE EARLY EVENING HIGH TIDE WILL BE ELEVATED WITH WATER COMING
WELL UP ONTO THE BEACH...BUT MINOR COASTAL FLOOD THRESHOLDS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE REACHED.

.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.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND
AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY UP TO 105 MID
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ107-032030-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST 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.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND
AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY UP TO 105 MID
WEEK.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER
IS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHTTIME HIGH TIDE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-032030-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT
20 NM-
430 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

04

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
432 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

NCZ087-022115-
ROBESON NC-
432 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM EDT...

AT 431 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
REX...OR NEAR RED SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS...ST. PAULS...REX...TOLARSVILLE...SHANNON...PARKTON...
RENNERT AND LUMBER BRIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24
AND 38.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 7903 3489 7893 3486 7893 3479 7888
      3475 7886 3474 7886 3473 7885 3469 7903
      3483 7922 3484 7922 3483 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 305DEG 11KT 3488 7909

RGZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:49 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover11 hr
Jul 2, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen29 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen14 min
Jul 2, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro28 min

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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.