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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2019, 3:01 PM EDT for Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 13, 2019, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Apr 13, 2:10 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:10 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 1134 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2019 NCZ007>011-021>025-141000- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham- 1134 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A cold front approaching from the west late Sunday into Sunday night will be accompanied by a band of thunderstorms, some of which may be severe. The main severe weather threats will be damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Sunday night. NCZ026>028-038>043-073>077-141000- Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake-Johnston- Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett- 1134 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. Flash Flood Watch. An isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through early evening. The main severe weather hazards will be locally damaging winds, large hail, and a weak brief tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A cold front approaching from the west late Sunday into Sunday night will be accompanied by a band of thunderstorms, some of which may be severe. The main severe weather threats will be damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Sunday night. NCZ078-083>086-088-089-141000- Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 1134 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through early evening. The main severe weather hazards will be locally damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a weak brief tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A cold front approaching from the west late Sunday into Sunday night will be accompanied by a band of thunderstorms, some of which may be severe. The main severe weather threats will be damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late Sunday and Sunday night
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 10:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 43 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 14 days |
| Apr 13, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 89 min |
| Apr 13, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 69 min |
| Apr 13, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 11:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 67 min |
| Apr 13, 2:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 19 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 15 hr |
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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.