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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2019, 12:31 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 23, 2019, 12:31 PM EDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2019, 1:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 23, 12:09 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 12:09 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1126 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S WARRENTON 36.39N 78.16W
07/22/2019 WARREN NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON A VEHICLE ON S MAIN ST IN
WARRENTON.
&&
JFDSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 11:35 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1135 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2019
NCZ008-025-040-041-076-231630-
Lee NC-Chatham NC-Durham NC-Wake NC-Granville NC-
1135 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2019
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
GRANVILLE...NORTHERN LEE...WESTERN WAKE...EASTERN CHATHAM AND
SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...
At 1132 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers and
thunderstorms along a line extending from Durham to near Sanford,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
Locations impacted include...
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Sanford, Creedmoor, Wake Forest, Rdu
International, Apex, Holly Springs and Morrisville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and will
lead to hazardous travel conditions and localized flooding,
particularly in urban areas around the Triangle.
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, potted plants, lawn furniture and other light outdoor
objects.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 7856 3596 7853 3563 7877 3558 7891
3555 7895 3540 7929 3585 7904 3587 7901
3607 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 228DEG 33KT 3599 7892 3553 7919
22Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:56 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1156 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S WARRENTON 36.39N 78.16W
07/22/2019 WARREN NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON A VEHICLE ON S MAIN ST IN
WARRENTON.
0842 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E CREEDMOOR 36.13N 78.60W
07/22/2019 GRANVILLE NC 911 CALL CENTER
POWERLINES DOWN IN ROADWAY.
0840 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE CREEDMOOR 36.14N 78.61W
07/22/2019 GRANVILLE NC 911 CALL CENTER
POWERLINES DOWN OVER ROADWAY NC HWY 56.
0740 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W TUNGSTEN 36.52N 78.53W
07/22/2019 GRANVILLE NC 911 CALL CENTER
POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN AT 9211 US
HIGHWAY 15 NORTH, NORTH OF BULLOCK.
0705 PM TSTM WND DMG PFAFFTOWN 36.15N 80.31W
07/22/2019 FORSYTH NC UTILITY COMPANY
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES
ALONG REYNOLDA ROAD NEAR VALLEY ROAD.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W SURL 36.31N 78.97W
07/22/2019 PERSON NC 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED
DOWN IN THE TIMBERLAKE AREA.
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE CARR 36.15N 79.19W
07/22/2019 ORANGE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED TREE DOWN IN YARD.
0627 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE DOBBINS HEIGHTS 34.89N 79.60W
07/22/2019 RICHMOND NC EMERGENCY MNGR
FEW TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE RANDLEMAN 35.80N 79.78W
07/22/2019 RANDOLPH NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN IN RANDLEMAN, NC.
0533 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N COATS CROSSROADS 35.61N 78.57W
07/22/2019 JOHNSTON NC 911 CALL CENTER
LARGE TREE LIMB FELL INTO POWERLINES, AND
CAUSED DAMAGE TO POWER POLE.
&&Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:24 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 68 min |
| Jul 23, 10:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Lee | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 77 min |
| Jul 23, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Scotland | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 82 min |
| Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 53 min |
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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.