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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 13, 2019Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2019-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2019-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Apr 13, 11:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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

Local storm report, Apr 13, 2:04 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 10:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham43 hr
Apr 13, 6:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston14 days
Apr 13, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson89 min
Apr 13, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph69 min
Apr 13, 10:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph7 hr
Apr 13, 10:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Orange3 hr
Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 18 more7 hr
Apr 13, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange39 min
Apr 13, 11:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham, Orange, Person3 hr
Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHAlamance, Durham, Orange6 hr
Apr 13, 12:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren3 hr
Apr 13, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham64 min
Apr 13, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond67 min
Apr 13, 2:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham, Lee19 hr
Apr 13, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore66 min
Apr 13, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson64 min
Apr 13, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston61 min
Apr 13, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHAlamance, Durham, Orange15 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Every 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.