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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 30, 2016Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 2:41 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 30, 2016, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 97 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 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 30, 12:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1226 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

NCZ007>011-021>027-038>042-073>077-083-084-310930-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-
STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-
1226 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION... USE CAUTION WHILE OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAT
INDICES WILL REACH BETWEEN 98 AND 103 DEGREES.

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

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ028-043-078-085-086-088-089-310930-
EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1226 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY BETWEEN 105 AND
109 DEGREES. EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE INCREAE
RISK OF HEAT ILLNESSES.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS EXPECTED.

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

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
102 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

NCZ043-078-301730-
WILSON   NC-WAYNE   NC-
102 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN WILSON
AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

AT 101 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEYMOUR
JOHNSTON AIR BASE RECENTLY REPORTED A GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...WALNUT CREEK...STANTONSBURG...EUREKA...ELROY...
CLIFFS OF THE NEUSE STATE PARK AND MAR-MAC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS... 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 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3538 7780
      3534 7782 3528 7783 3524 7789 3536 7805
      3572 7770 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 224DEG 18KT 3536 7791

WSS

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
107 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

NCZ074-075-084-301745-
RICHMOND   NC-MOORE   NC-MONTGOMERY   NC-
107 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
RICHMOND...SOUTHWESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 106 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTH OF ROCKINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN PINES...CARTHAGE...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...HOFFMAN...
WHISPERING PINES...PINEBLUFF...ELLERBE...FOXFIRE AND TAYLORTOWN.

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...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 3497 7980 3515 7988 3537 7938 3519 7929
      3516 7933 3507 7943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 247DEG 24KT 3510 7976

WSS

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
241 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

NCZ010-301915-
WARREN   NC-
241 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM EDT...

AT 240 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORLINA...OR NEAR WARRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARRENTON...NORLINA...LITTLETON...MACON...LAKE GASTON...
SOUTHPOINTE AND MORNINGSTAR MARINAS...DREWRY...
WISE AND JOHN H KERR RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

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.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND
FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3654 7790 3644 7791 3644 7792 3638 7791
      3637 7792 3633 7828 3654 7832 3655 7829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 257DEG 25KT 3645 7817

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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 30, 12:20 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Edgecombe, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne and 1 more	8 hr
Jul 30, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	28 min
Jul 30, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore, Richmond	38 min
Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Halifax	60 min
Jul 30, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	44 min
Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin	66 min
Jul 30, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	38 min
Jul 30, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Warren	27 min
Jul 30, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	52 min
Jul 30, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	46 min
Jul 30, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange, Person	18 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.