Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT for 26 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 26 counties
Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
744 WWUS72 KRAH 090812 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 412 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY AND FREEZE WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .THE LAST IN A SERIES OF REINFORCING COLD FRONTS WILL CROSS CENTRAL NC THIS MORNING....WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. UNSEASONABLY COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WIND WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF A DAMAGING FREEZE. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-075>078-086-088-089-091500- /O.UPG.KRAH.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.160409T1400Z-160410T0000Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHY FORK...CONCORD...ROXBORO...SURL... OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR...DABNEY...HENDERSON...NORLINA... WISE...AFTON...WARRENTON...LAKE GASTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... PFAFFTOWN...STANLEYVILLE...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... LAKE TOWNSEND...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL... CARRBORO...BETHESDA...DURHAM...RESEARCH TRIANGLE...PILOT... INGLESIDE...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...AVENTON... RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON... THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ULAH...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...HASTY... SILER CITY...BYNUM...MONCURE...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...FLOWERS...SELMA...BENSON... COATS CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...WILSON...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...EAGLE SPRINGS...SEVEN LAKES...CUMNOCK... GUM SPRINGS...SANFORD...TRAMWAY...DUNN...ANDERSON CREEK... TIMBERLAKE...DUNCAN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... ANTIOCH...ASHLEY HEIGHTS...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...CLINTON 412 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. ANY NEW VEGETATION OR FLOWERS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS, CAMPERS, TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES, SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NCZ073-074-083>085-091500- /O.UPG.KRAH.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...PEKIN...BADIN LAKE...ELDORADO...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAUREL HILL... LAURINBURG 412 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WOULD DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. ANY NEW VEGETATION OR FLOWERS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 22
2 follow-up statements
412 WWUS72 KRAH 091449 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1049 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY AND FREEZE WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .THE LAST IN A SERIES OF REINFORCING COLD FRONTS WILL CROSS CENTRAL NC THIS MORNING....WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. UNSEASONABLY COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WIND WILL LEAD TO A DAMAGING FREEZE. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-075>078-086-088-089-100000- /O.CON.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160410T0000Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHY FORK...CONCORD...ROXBORO...SURL... OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR...DABNEY...HENDERSON...NORLINA... WISE...AFTON...WARRENTON...LAKE GASTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... PFAFFTOWN...STANLEYVILLE...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... LAKE TOWNSEND...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL... CARRBORO...BETHESDA...DURHAM...RESEARCH TRIANGLE...PILOT... INGLESIDE...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...AVENTON... RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON... THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ULAH...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...HASTY... SILER CITY...BYNUM...MONCURE...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...FLOWERS...SELMA...BENSON... COATS CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...WILSON...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...EAGLE SPRINGS...SEVEN LAKES...CUMNOCK... GUM SPRINGS...SANFORD...TRAMWAY...DUNN...ANDERSON CREEK... TIMBERLAKE...DUNCAN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... ANTIOCH...ASHLEY HEIGHTS...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...CLINTON 1049 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...AND BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS. THIS MAY RESULT IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS. THIS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS... ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS... CAMPERS... TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NCZ073-074-083>085-100000- /O.CON.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...PEKIN...BADIN LAKE...ELDORADO...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAUREL HILL... LAURINBURG 1049 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
240 WWUS72 KRAH 092249 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 649 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... UNSEASONABLY COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A DAMAGING FREEZE. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-075>078-086-088-089-100945- /O.CAN.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHY FORK...CONCORD...ROXBORO...SURL... OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR...DABNEY...HENDERSON...NORLINA... WISE...AFTON...WARRENTON...LAKE GASTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... PFAFFTOWN...STANLEYVILLE...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... LAKE TOWNSEND...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL... CARRBORO...BETHESDA...DURHAM...RESEARCH TRIANGLE...PILOT... INGLESIDE...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...AVENTON... RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON... THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ULAH...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...HASTY... SILER CITY...BYNUM...MONCURE...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...FLOWERS...SELMA...BENSON... COATS CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...WILSON...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...EAGLE SPRINGS...SEVEN LAKES...CUMNOCK... GUM SPRINGS...SANFORD...TRAMWAY...DUNN...ANDERSON CREEK... TIMBERLAKE...DUNCAN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO... ANTIOCH...ASHLEY HEIGHTS...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...CLINTON 649 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS. THIS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ073-074-083>085-100945- /O.CON.KRAH.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...PLYLER...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...PEKIN...BADIN LAKE...ELDORADO...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAUREL HILL... LAURINBURG 649 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL EARLY SEASON CROPS IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 3 more | 79 min |
| Apr 9, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 3 more | 78 min |
| Apr 9, 4:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2016Every wind advisory 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.