Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
737
WUUS52 KRAH 011800
SVRRAH
NCC101-191-195-011845-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0101.210801T1800Z-210801T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
200 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
Southeastern Wilson County in central North Carolina...
Southern Johnston County in central North Carolina...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 200 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Bruce to near Fremont to near
Benson, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Smithfield, Fremont, Micro, Selma, Four Oaks, Pine
Level, Kenly, Princeton and Stantonsburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
&&
LAT...LON 3562 7774 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780
3539 7781 3535 7844 3547 7858 3564 7796
3574 7772 3572 7771 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 296DEG 20KT 3573 7759 3558 7788 3543 7847
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JD1 follow-up statement
333
WWUS52 KRAH 011833
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
233 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
NCC101-011842-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210801T1845Z/
Johnston NC-
233 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened and moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3539 7781
3537 7816 3538 7814 3542 7816 3558 7807
3560 7811 3564 7796 3574 7772 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 296DEG 20KT 3565 7739 3550 7768 3535 7827
$$
NCC191-195-011845-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210801T1845Z/
Wayne NC-Wilson NC-
233 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
At 232 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Pitt Greenville Airport to near Snow Hill to 12 miles
south of Smithfield, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Fremont, Stantonsburg, Black Creek, Pikeville, Saratoga,
Eureka and Nahunta.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3539 7781
3537 7816 3538 7814 3542 7816 3558 7807
3560 7811 3564 7796 3574 7772 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 296DEG 20KT 3565 7739 3550 7768 3535 7827
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 32 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.