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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 13, 20164 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2016, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 8:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	5 W Youngsville, NC
Mar 13, 8:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Louisburg, NC	HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 41 minutes after it went out.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

081 
WUUS52 KRAH 132354
SVRRAH
NCC069-077-181-183-140045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0022.160313T2354Z-160314T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
754 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 753 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 WAKE FOREST...OR 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CREEDMOOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND
  SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF KITTRELL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HENDERSON...LOUISBURG...WAKE FOREST...FRANKLINTON...KITTRELL...
  ROLESVILLE...YOUNGSVILLE...SOUTH HENDERSON...PURNELL AND GILLBURG.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7829 3591 7831
      3596 7870 3627 7861 3634 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 270DEG 18KT 3604 7861 

$$

GIH

2 follow-up statements

496 
WWUS52 KRAH 140017
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
817 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCC077-140027-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160314T0045Z/
GRANVILLE NC-
817 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7829 3591 7831
      3595 7862 3603 7858 3602 7855 3608 7854
      3627 7845 3634 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 266DEG 18KT 3605 7846 

$$

NCC069-181-183-140045-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160314T0045Z/
FRANKLIN NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-
817 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN VANCE AND NORTHEASTERN WAKE
COUNTIES...

AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLINTON...
OR 9 MILES WEST OF LOUISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISBURG...WAKE FOREST...FRANKLINTON...KITTRELL...ROLESVILLE...
YOUNGSVILLE...PURNELL...GILLBURG...INGLESIDE AND FALLS LAKE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7829 3591 7831
      3595 7862 3603 7858 3602 7855 3608 7854
      3627 7845 3634 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 266DEG 18KT 3605 7846 

$$

GIH

816 
WWUS52 KRAH 140045
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
845 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCC069-181-183-140053-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160314T0045Z/
FRANKLIN NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-
845 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN
VANCE AND NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THIS WARNED AREA... HOWEVER ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THIS AREA... INCLUDING EASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WESTERN NASH COUNTY.


LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7829 3591 7831
      3595 7862 3603 7858 3602 7855 3608 7854
      3627 7845 3634 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 270DEG 18KT 3605 7846 

$$

GIH

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 Mar 13, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
308 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK EAST
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM SUNDAY...

WITH LEAD BATCH OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN WHERE STRONG INSOLATION
HAS ALLOWED SBCAPE VALUES TO GROW ~1000 J/KG. THIS AREA OF STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING
BETWEEN 00 TO 06Z...WHEN A SECOND SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE(CURRENTLY OVER ALABAMA)
TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...SHOULD LIMIT THUNDER.
RAIN CHANCES SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING...WITH
A LULL UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE COMPACT UPPER LOW MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.

LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM SUNDAY...

COMPACT UPPER LOW CROSSING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST AND WILL CROSS
NC/VA BETWEEN 00Z TO 12Z TUESDAY. THE LATE ARRIVAL WILL MEAN THAT
MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL BE CONVECTION-FREE UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH DECENT INSOLATION EXPECTED AFTER BURN OFF OF MORNING STRATUS. AFTERNOON
HIGHS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM MID 70S NW TO LOWER 80S SOUTHEAST.

WITH FORCING FOR ASCENT PROBABLY NOT ARRIVING UNTIL AFTER SUNSET THIS FAR EAST...
THAT IS CONCERN THAT LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING MAY TAKE THE BITE OUT OF
CONVECTION AS IT MOVES EAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE REMNANT
EML PLUME THAT ADVECTS IN FROM THE SRN GREAT PLAINS ALONG WITH THE ROBUST WAVE ALOFT
AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 35 TO 40KTS...SPC HAS UPGRADED WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA TO A SLIGHT RISK...WHERE THERE IS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THE
EARLIER ARRIVAL OF STRONG FORCING WILL INTERCEPT THE LINGERING INSTABILITY. GIVEN
THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...MAINLY
ACROSS THE WESTERN/NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT.

POPS SHOULD WIND DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 50S.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 235 PM SUNDAY...

BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE...RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
TUESDAY...BEFORE QUICKLY SHIFTING OFFSHORE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. TEMPS WILL WARM
EVEN MORE...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S ON TUESDAY AND
THE LOW TO MID 80S BY WEDNESDAY...BOTH DAYS WELL ABOVE NORMAL.
OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE MID/UPPER 50S.

A FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BUT
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ONLY SPOTTY PRECIP AS MOISTURE WILL BE
LIMITED. REGARDLESS...WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP AREAWIDE...BUT
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AS
BETTER MOISTURE WILL BE ABLE TO POOL ALONG THE FRONT. THIS FRONT
WILL STALL OFF THE COAST AND SET THE STAGE FOR OUR NEXT SYSTEM AS A
LOW DEVELOPS AND TRACKS ALONG IT. THIS SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO IMPACT
THE REGION DURING THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT THERE IS STILL QUITE A
BIT OF DISAGREEMENT...ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO TIMING. THEREFORE
WILL JUST SHOW A TREND OF INCREASING CLOUDS AND A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE TEMPERED SOME GIVEN
THE INCREASING CLOUDS...WITH A GRADUAL RETURN TO THE 60S FOR HIGHS
AND 40S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM SUNDAY...

24-HR TAF PERIOD:

DAYTIME HEATING HAS ALLOWED CEILINGS TO LIFT TO LOW-END VFR...WITH
CLOUD BASES IN THE 3-5KFT RANGE. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH 06Z MONDAY...WILL
SUPPORT SCATTER TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING. ADDITIONALLY STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING ACROSS EASTERN NC
WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF THUNDER AT KFAY AND KRWI
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

IFR TO LIFR STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN AROUND DAYBREAK
LIFTING TO VFR BY 15Z. A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
TRAVERSE THE REGION MONDAY EVENING/MONDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE DISTURBANCE. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NORTHWEST/TRIAD
TERMINALS WHERE EARLIER ARRIVAL OF STRONG FORCING WILL INTERCEPT
LINGERING INSTABILITY.

LOOKING AHEAD: VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TUESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE
FOR ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY AND INTO
THE WEEKEND.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...VINCENT
NEAR TERM...CBL
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...KRD
AVIATION...CBL

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
310 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141915-
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-
310 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE THE AREA LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN
SEVERE THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
525 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCZ041-042-132215-
JOHNSTON NC-WAKE NC-
525 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSTON AND SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FUQUAY-VARINA...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA...CLAYTON...HOLLY SPRINGS...
KNIGHTDALE...LAKE BENSON...FLOWERS AND LAKE WHEELER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 7840 3564 7833 3555 7866 3553 7872
      3569 7884 3590 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 238DEG 21KT 3563 7875

ELLIS

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:55 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
655 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCZ007-008-024-025-132345-
PERSON NC-DURHAM NC-ORANGE NC-GRANVILLE NC-
655 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PERSON...DURHAM...EASTERN ORANGE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES
UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DURHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER
STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT ROUGEMONT AND BAHAMA.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...BUTNER...ROUGEMONT...LAKE BUTNER...
LAKE MICHIE...BETHESDA...GORMAN AND ENO RIVER STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3632 7873 3593 7877 3588 7908 3622 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 244DEG 22KT 3598 7896

GIH

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:25 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
725 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCZ022-039-140000-
GUILFORD NC-RANDOLPH NC-
725 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GUILFORD AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... ONE ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANDLEMAN AND
ANOTHER 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHEBORO...RANDLEMAN...NORTH CAROLINA ZOO...PLEASANT GARDEN...
LIBERTY...RAMSEUR...FRANKLINVILLE...FOREST OAKS...RANDLEMAN REGIONAL
RESERVIOR MARINA AND CLIMAX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3595 7992 3605 7955 3558 7960 3559 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 248DEG 33KT 3589 7988 3563 8000

GIH

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
745 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

NCZ011-027-028-140045-
HALIFAX NC-NASH NC-EDGECOMBE NC-
745 PM EDT SUN MAR 13 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
HALIFAX...NORTHEASTERN NASH AND NORTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 845
PM EDT...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DORTCHES...OR NEAR NASHVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...NASHVILLE...SCOTLAND NECK...DORTCHES...RED OAK...
ENFIELD...WHITAKERS...HOBGOOD...SPEED AND LEGGETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3610 7724 3609 7731 3600 7741 3597 7739
      3592 7770 3592 7792 3601 7798 3630 7751
      3632 7745 3629 7741 3626 7741 3624 7738
      3621 7738 3619 7733 3617 7731 3616 7727
      3612 7724 3612 7725 3611 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 238DEG 18KT 3598 7789

ELLIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	50 min
Mar 13, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	50 min
Mar 13, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	35 min
Mar 13, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Vance, Wake	46 min
Mar 13, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.