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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT for Hoke 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
- Apr 22, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Hoke County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 22, 2:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 121 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016 NCZ026-041-221745- WAKE NC-FRANKLIN NC- 121 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... AT 120 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAKE FOREST...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOUISBURG...WAKE FOREST...FRANKLINTON...BUNN...ROLESVILLE AND YOUNGSVILLE. 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. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3588 7850 3599 7858 3620 7837 3595 7819 TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 238DEG 21KT 3594 7849 ELLIS
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 1:55 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 66 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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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.