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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 2016Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 2:41 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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 5, 2016, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Forsyth County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:24 AM EDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
324 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083-084-060730-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-
324 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ078-085-086-088-089-060730-
WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
324 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VINCENT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1121 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     TSTM WND GST     FORT BRAGG              35.14N 79.01W
07/04/2016  U60 MPH          CUMBERLAND         NC   AWOS

            52 KT GUST REPORTED AT FORT BRAGG, NC.

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N TIMBERLAKE          35.34N 78.96W
07/04/2016                   HARNETT            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MANY
            REPORTS FROM LILLINGTON AREA. TREES DOWN AT
            NC-27 AND NURSERY RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

0527 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WNW POPE AFB          35.17N 79.03W
07/04/2016  U59 MPH          CUMBERLAND         NC   ASOS

            51 KT GUST REPORTED AT POPE AIRFIELD, NC.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WNW POPE AFB          35.20N 79.11W
07/04/2016                   MOORE              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE FELL ONTO A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON FLAT
            ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT WINDSHIELD
            WAS DAMAGED.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W POPE AFB            35.18N 79.10W
07/04/2016                   MOORE              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            2 TREES DOWN AND 1 POWER-LINE DOWN ACROSS
            LOBELIA RD EAST OF RIVERBEND RD. RADAR
            ESTIMATED TIME.

&&

NWS RALEIGH NC
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1242 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     TSTM WND GST     FORT BRAGG              35.14N 79.01W
07/04/2016  M60 MPH          CUMBERLAND         NC   AWOS

            52 KT GUST REPORTED AT FORT BRAGG, NC.

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N TIMBERLAKE          35.34N 78.96W
07/04/2016                   HARNETT            NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MANY
            REPORTS FROM LILLINGTON AREA. TREES DOWN AT
            NC-27 AND NURSERY RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

0527 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WNW POPE AFB          35.17N 79.03W
07/04/2016  M59 MPH          CUMBERLAND         NC   ASOS

            51 KT GUST REPORTED AT POPE AIRFIELD, NC.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 WNW POPE AFB          35.20N 79.11W
07/04/2016                   MOORE              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE FELL ONTO A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON FLAT
            ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT WINDSHIELD
            WAS DAMAGED.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W POPE AFB            35.18N 79.10W
07/04/2016                   MOORE              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            2 TREES DOWN AND 1 POWER-LINE DOWN ACROSS
            LOBELIA RD EAST OF RIVERBEND RD. RADAR
            ESTIMATED TIME.

&&

NWS RALEIGH NC
IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

NCZ021-022-051945-
GUILFORD   NC-FORSYTH   NC-
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ALONG INTERSTATE
40 THROUGH 330 PM AFFECTING FORSYTH AND NORTHWESTERN GUILFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 238 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ENON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN GREENSBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...HIGH POINT...KERNERSVILLE...
CLEMMONS...BERMUDA RUN...LEWISVILLE...SUMMERFIELD...
STOKESDALE AND WALKERTOWN.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3612 8048 3612 8046 3614 8044 3621 8045
      3622 8043 3624 8045 3626 8045 3625 7979
      3600 7980 3600 8004 3601 8005 3603 8017
      3603 8021 3600 8022 3600 8041 3606 8047
      3605 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 265DEG 24KT 3610 8041

BLAES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	24 min
Jul 5, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	49 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Stanly	32 min
Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Montgomery, Stanly	50 min
Jul 5, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	63 min
Jul 5, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	52 min
Jul 5, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	22 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	64 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	59 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	44 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	63 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	63 min
Jul 5, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash	67 min
Jul 5, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	49 min
Jul 5, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Nash, Wake	37 min
Jul 5, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	59 min
Jul 5, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	63 min
Jul 5, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	38 min
Jul 5, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	62 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	53 min
Jul 5, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	55 min

Nearby

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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.