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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 24, 2017Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2017, 6:16 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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: May 24, 2017, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 6:54 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 3:46 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

029 
WUUS52 KRAH 242216
SVRRAH
NCC101-191-195-242315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0069.170524T2216Z-170524T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
616 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Wayne County in central North Carolina...
  Wilson County in central North Carolina...
  Southeastern Johnston County in central North Carolina...

* Until 715 PM EDT

* At 615 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
  Goldsboro, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Goldsboro, Wilson, Elm City, Fremont, Micro, Sharpsburg, Kenly,
  Princeton, Lucama and Stantonsburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter such as an interior room, a
bathroom, closet or basement.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3547 7783 3524 7809 3532 7830
      3574 7815 3584 7790 3585 7787 3584 7785
      3587 7783 3583 7776 3582 7775 3573 7772
      3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 208DEG 38KT 3537 7815 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

423 
WWUS52 KRAH 242232
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
632 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

NCC101-191-195-242315-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170524T2315Z/
Wayne NC-Wilson NC-Johnston NC-
632 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...WILSON AND EAST CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES...

At 632 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fremont, or 7
miles northwest of Goldsboro, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Wilson, Elm City, Fremont, Sharpsburg, Kenly, Princeton,
Lucama, Stantonsburg and Black Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter, such as an interior room,
a bathroom or closet or basement.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central
North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3538 7799 3545 7819 3574 7812
      3584 7790 3585 7787 3584 7785 3587 7783
      3583 7776 3582 7775 3573 7772 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 215DEG 32KT 3547 7803 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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014 
WWUS52 KRAH 242254
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
654 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

NCC101-191-195-242304-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170524T2315Z/
Wayne NC-Wilson NC-Johnston NC-
654 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...WILSON
AND EAST CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central
North Carolina.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Raleigh.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3538 7799 3545 7819 3574 7812
      3584 7790 3585 7787 3584 7785 3587 7783
      3583 7776 3582 7775 3573 7772 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 208DEG 38KT 3568 7789 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	25 hr
May 24, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 2 more	96 min
May 24, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	78 min
May 24, 4:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Forsyth	52 min
May 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	65 min
May 24, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	52 min
May 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	48 min
May 24, 5:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	40 min
May 24, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	45 min
May 24, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Randolph, Stanly	55 min
May 24, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Nash, Warren	68 min
May 24, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Nash	12 min
May 24, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	54 min
May 24, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	65 min
May 24, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	23 min
May 24, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Halifax	23 min
May 24, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Nash	55 min

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.