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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Harnett County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 13, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 13, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 432 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 NCZ007>011-025>028-041>043-077-078-088-089-140845- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe- Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Harnett-Wayne-Cumberland-Sampson- 432 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected today into the early evening. Locally heavy rainfall and wind gusts to 40 or 50 mph will be likely in the strongest storms. Frequent lightning will also pose a hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Sunday. Heat index values of 97 to 102 are expected each afternoon through the forecast period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ073>076-083>086-140845- Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke- 432 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Widespread hazardous weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Sunday. Heat index values of 99 to 102 are expected each afternoon Wednesday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ021>024-038>040-140845- Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham- 432 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Widespread hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Heat index values in the upper 90s can be expected each afternoon Wednesday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 73 min |
| Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Scotland | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Sampson, Wake and 1 more | 41 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.