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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT for Halifax County, Nash County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jul 2, 2:33 AM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:33 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 345 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-021100- 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- 345 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TRIANGLE AND TO THE NORTH AND EAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND TRAINING CELLS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... STREETS...AND OTHER URBAN AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND A DEEP WESTERLY FLOW... SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS... LEADING TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION... A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE... MAINLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE EXTENDED HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 122 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016 NCZ007-008-024-025-041-020615- WAKE NC-PERSON NC-DURHAM NC-ORANGE NC-GRANVILLE NC- 122 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WAKE...SOUTHEASTERN PERSON...NORTHERN DURHAM... NORTHEASTERN ORANGE AND SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT... AT 121 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR ROUGEMONT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DURHAM...CREEDMOOR...BUTNER...ROUGEMONT...STEM...LAKE BUTNER... LAKE MICHIE...FALLS LAKE STATE REC AREA...AND GORMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3620 7852 3594 7863 3611 7908 3628 7901 TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 287DEG 14KT 3618 7896 WSS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Wake | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 49 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.