Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 5:50 PM EDT for Franklin County, Halifax County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
169
WUUS52 KRAH 082150
SVRRAH
NCC069-083-185-082230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0127.210908T2150Z-210908T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
550 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Warren County in central North Carolina...
Northwestern Halifax County in central North Carolina...
Northeastern Franklin County in central North Carolina...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 549 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast
of Louisburg, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Roanoke Rapids, Warrenton, Littleton, Weldon, Macon, Centerville,
Ingleside, Medoc Mountain State Park, Afton and Lake Gaston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 7790 3651 7790 3650 7783 3642 7757
3618 7795 3619 7797 3618 7798 3620 7801
3610 7808 3607 7812 3617 7832 3654 7813
3655 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 223DEG 18KT 3617 7816
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GIH2 follow-up statements
248
WWUS52 KRAH 082207
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
607 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NCC069-083-185-082230-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210908T2230Z/
Warren NC-Halifax NC-Franklin NC-
607 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR WARREN...NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...
At 607 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Louisburg, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Roanoke Rapids, Warrenton, Littleton, Weldon, Macon, Centerville,
Ingleside, Medoc Mountain State Park, Afton and Lake Gaston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 7790 3651 7790 3650 7783 3642 7757
3618 7795 3619 7797 3618 7798 3620 7801
3610 7808 3607 7812 3617 7832 3654 7813
3655 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 212DEG 24KT 3619 7818
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GIH354
WWUS52 KRAH 082235
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
635 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NCC069-083-185-082245-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210908T2230Z/
Warren NC-Halifax NC-Franklin NC-
635 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WARREN...NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX
AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds up to 45 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3652 7790 3651 7790 3650 7783 3642 7757
3618 7795 3619 7797 3618 7798 3620 7801
3610 7808 3607 7812 3617 7832 3654 7813
3655 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 223DEG 18KT 3628 7807
$$
GIHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 9:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Randolph | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee, Moore | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 58 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.