Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 6:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
867
WUUS52 KRAH 082212
SVRRAH
NCC085-101-163-191-082300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0128.210908T2212Z-210908T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
612 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
Northwestern Sampson County in central North Carolina...
Eastern Harnett County in central North Carolina...
Johnston County in central North Carolina...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 612 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Benson, or 17
miles southwest of Smithfield, moving northeast at 30 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...
Smithfield, Clayton, Dunn, Benson, Micro, Selma, Erwin, Coats, Four
Oaks and Pine Level.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3522 7863 3525 7862 3526 7869 3531 7878
3551 7869 3568 7850 3566 7820 3541 7804
3507 7839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 210DEG 25KT 3530 7850
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GIH1 follow-up statement
108
WWUS52 KRAH 082249
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
649 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NCC085-101-163-191-082258-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-210908T2300Z/
Wayne NC-Sampson NC-Harnett NC-Johnston NC-
649 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...
NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON...EASTERN HARNETT AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds to
around 35 mph and deadly lightning are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3522 7863 3525 7862 3526 7869 3531 7878
3551 7869 3568 7850 3566 7820 3541 7804
3507 7839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 210DEG 25KT 3552 7835
$$
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, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 3 hr |
| 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.