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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 16, 2016Edgecombe County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 10:37 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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 16, 2016, 10:37 PM EDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 2164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:47 AM EDT, 18 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170800-
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-
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:44 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
944 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

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

0938 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE DURHAM             35.99N 78.90W
07/16/2016                   DURHAM             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING CLOSED STREET JUST OFF DURHAM
            FREEWAY BETWEEN MANGUM STREET AND ROXBORO
            STREET, 4-5 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE
            ROAD.

&&

KRD

Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:49 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
949 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

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

0932 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARY                    35.78N 78.80W
07/16/2016                   WAKE               NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES IN CARY, INCLUDING AT
            CARY PARKWAY AND SADDLE CREEK, HIGH HOUSE
            ROAD AND DAVIS DRIVE, HARRISON AVENUE AND
            WESTON PARKWAY, AND CARY PARKWAY AND HIGH
            HOUSE ROAD.

&&

KRD

Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:57 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
957 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

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

0945 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S CARY                35.77N 78.80W
07/16/2016                   WAKE               NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER UP TO THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN
            BASEMENT OF A HOME ON PLANTATION DRIVE.

&&

KRD

Local storm report, Jul 16, 10:08 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1008 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

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

1007 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SSW RALEIGH           35.77N 78.69W
07/16/2016                   WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ROAD CLOSED AT AVENT FERRY ROAD AND
            TRAILWOOD DRIVE.

&&

KRD

Local storm report, Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	52 min
Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland	64 min
Jul 16, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	43 min
Jul 16, 9:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin	112 min
Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	2 hr
Jul 16, 9:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jul 16, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	64 min
Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RAH	Durham, Wake	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	76 min
Jul 16, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	9 hr
Jul 17, 12:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange and 1 more	9 hr
Jul 17, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland	81 min
Jul 17, 8:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	9 hr
Jul 17, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jul 17, 9:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	26 hr
Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	55 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016 Every 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.