Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Seven Springs, NC | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR SEVEN SPRINGS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
673
WUUS52 KRAH 011815
SVRRAH
NCC191-011845-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0102.210801T1815Z-210801T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
215 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 215 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Olive,
moving east 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, Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Seven Springs, Mar-Mac,
Brogden, Cliffs Of The Neuse State Park and Elroy.
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 3518 7783 3516 7788 3515 7789 3516 7790
3517 7793 3516 7797 3518 7799 3519 7802
3519 7804 3518 7807 3518 7812 3536 7808
3533 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 279DEG 21KT 3524 7802
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, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.