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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 4, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Nash County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 4, 2:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:08 AM EDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 508 AM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-050915- 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- 508 AM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH THE APPROACH UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WITH A PRIMARY RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 256 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ027-028-043-041945- NASH NC-WILSON NC-EDGECOMBE NC- 256 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NASH... NORTHEASTERN WILSON AND WESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY MOUNT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND BRIEF...LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKY MOUNT...NASHVILLE...WILSON...ELM CITY...DORTCHES...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...PINETOPS...MACCLESFIELD AND WILLBANKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. FREUQENT 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 3578 7807 3597 7807 3612 7765 3572 7763 TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 260DEG 9KT 3591 7785 VINCENT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Wake | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 78 min |
| Jun 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Person | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.