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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 18, 2019Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2019, 7:17 PM EDT for Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2019, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2019, 7:48 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:31 AM EDT, 14 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
431 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019

NCZ011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-190845-
Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Harnett-Wayne-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
431 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.
   Excessive Heat Watch.

NCZ007>010-024-025-040-075-076-190845-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Orange-Durham-Chatham-Moore-Lee-
431 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hot and humid conditions will lead to heat indices around 100 degrees
this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.
   Excessive Heat Watch.

NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-190845-
Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Anson-
Richmond-
431 AM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hot and humid conditions will lead to heat indices around 100 degrees
this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Dangerous Heat indices of 100 to 105 possible Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:44 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:52 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:14 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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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 17, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	42 min
Jul 17, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	46 min
Jul 17, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	42 min
Jul 17, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	48 min
Jul 17, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	45 min
Jul 17, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	42 min
Jul 17, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	35 min
Jul 17, 11:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	42 min
Jul 17, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	39 min
Jul 18, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	49 min
Jul 18, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	38 min
Jul 18, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	62 min
Jul 18, 4:26 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 16 more	59 hr
Jul 18, 4:26 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 16 more	39 hr
Jul 18, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	67 min
Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	40 min
Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance	44 min
Jul 18, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	46 min
Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	51 min
Jul 18, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	48 min
Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	47 min
Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	47 min
Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	46 min
Jul 18, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	50 min
Jul 18, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	46 min
Jul 18, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	53 min
Jul 18, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	46 min
Jul 18, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Nash	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.