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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 10, 2021Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:36 PM EDT for Anson County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2021, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

582 
WUUS52 KRAH 102236
SVRRAH
NCC007-153-102315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0106.210810T2236Z-210810T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
636 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Anson County in central North Carolina...
  South central Richmond County in central North Carolina...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 635 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Wadesboro, or over Morven moving northeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rockingham, Hamlet, Lilesville, Morven, McFarlan, Diggs, East
  Rockingham and Blewett Falls Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 8014 3483 8016 3508 7985 3501 7972
      3481 7968 3481 7969 3480 7971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 236DEG 9KT 3486 7997 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Badgett
2 follow-up statements
704 
WWUS52 KRAH 102253
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
653 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

NCC007-153-102315-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-210810T2315Z/
Anson NC-Richmond NC-
653 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTIES...

At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Rockingham, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rockingham, Hamlet, Morven, McFarlan, Diggs and East Rockingham. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 8005 3488 8006 3498 7980 3497 7972
      3481 7968 3481 7969 3480 7971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 236DEG 9KT 3489 7992 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
Badgett
564 
WWUS52 KRAH 102316
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
716 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

NCC007-153-102325-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-210810T2315Z/
Anson NC-Richmond NC-
716 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANSON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3481 8005 3488 8006 3498 7980 3497 7972
      3481 7968 3481 7969 3480 7971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 236DEG 9KT 3492 7987 

$$

Badgett

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett60 min
Aug 10, 2:41 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 11 more28 hr
Aug 10, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly56 min
Aug 10, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford53 min
Aug 10, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond53 min
Aug 10, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee, Moore52 min
Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond51 min
Aug 10, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore44 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond62 min

Nearby

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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.