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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 7, 2016, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
462
WWUS82 KRAH 072049
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
449 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
NCZ075-085-086-088-089-072130-
SCOTLAND NC-CUMBERLAND NC-HOKE NC-MOORE NC-SAMPSON NC-
449 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND...CUMBERLAND...HOKE...SOUTH
CENTRAL MOORE AND CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 447 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOFFMAN TO 6 MILES EAST OF CLINTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...SOUTHERN PINES...CLINTON...RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...
ABERDEEN...ANTIOCH...HOPE MILLS...EASTOVER AND PINEBLUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 7953 3504 7946 3506 7949 3519 7941
3513 7876 3518 7817 3490 7815 3488 7815
3487 7892 3492 7896 3495 7904 3486 7916
3486 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 290DEG 9KT 3498 7943 3499 7822
$$
WSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Person | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 12:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 79 min |
| Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke | 3 hr |
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.