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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 28, 2016Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
Sep 28, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1262 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.6

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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 Sep 28, 7:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
338 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-291000-
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-
338 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 488 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY, MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
702 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

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

0635 PM     HAIL             MEBANE                  36.10N 79.27W
09/28/2016  U1.00 INCH       ALAMANCE           NC   PUBLIC

            .

&&

NWS RALEIGH NC
IRIS SYSTEM
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
703 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

NCZ038-039-073-074-290000-
RANDOLPH  NC-DAVIDSON  NC-STANLY  NC-MONTGOMERY  NC-
703 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
RANDOLPH...SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON...STANLY AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 703 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PLYLER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBEMARLE...BADIN LAKE...PLYLER...BADIN...OAKBORO...DENTON...
RICHFIELD...NEW LONDON...FISH TALES MARINA AND FINGER.

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.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE. RIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE PROLONGED HEAVY
RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8018 3554 8020 3555 8021
      3557 8021 3566 8010 3550 7979 3521 8034
      3530 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 229DEG 25KT 3534 8035

WSS
Local storm report, Sep 28, 7:24 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
724 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016

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

0519 PM     FLOOD            4 WSW GREENSBORO        36.06N 79.90W
09/28/2016                   GUILFORD           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING REPORTED NEAR WEST WENDOVER AND
            LANDMARK CENTER. .

&&

SEC
Local storm report, Sep 28, 7:39 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 28, 8:02 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 28, 8:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland58 min
Sep 28, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAlamance, Orange3 hr
Sep 28, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Randolph59 min
Sep 28, 8:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHGuilford3 hr
Sep 28, 9:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMontgomery, Stanly3 hr
Sep 28, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland60 min
Sep 28, 10:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHChatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph3 hr
Sep 28, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore48 min
Sep 28, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Wake46 min
Sep 29, 12:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more3 hr
Sep 29, 1:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHCumberland4 days
Sep 29, 1:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAnson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more3 hr
Sep 29, 4:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland3 hr
Sep 29, 4:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHarnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland4 hr
Sep 29, 5:00 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke5 hr
Sep 29, 7:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHSampson3 hr
Sep 29, 8:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham21 hr
Sep 29, 8:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wayne, Wilson3 hr
Sep 29, 8:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHHarnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland6 hr
Sep 29, 9:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWayne3 hr
Sep 29, 10:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 6 more12 hr
Sep 29, 10:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson6 hr
Sep 29, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett30 hr
Sep 29, 11:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke30 hr
Sep 29, 12:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne3 hr
Sep 29, 1:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson6 hr
Sep 29, 4:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson6 hr
Sep 29, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson57 min
Sep 29, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson24 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every 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.