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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 27, 2021Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 6 reports 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: Mar 27, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 27, 1:59 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	4 Ese Midway, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS PEA SIZED HAIL.
Mar 27, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	1 Ssw Sedge Garden, NC	PUBLIC REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL SOUTHWEST OF SEDGE GARDEN.
Mar 27, 2:29 PM EDT	HAIL 1	6 Ene Welcome, NC	PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON MIDWAY SCHOOL ROAD NEAR THOMASVILLE.
Mar 27, 2:32 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	4 Wsw Thomasville, NC	REPORT OF HALF INCH SIZED HAIL WEST OF THOMASVILLE.
Mar 27, 2:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Thomasville, NC
Mar 27, 2:37 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 Nne Thomasville, NC	PUBLIC ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR THE HIGH POINT CITY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

445 
WUUS52 KRAH 271758
SVRRAH
NCC057-067-271845-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0015.210327T1758Z-210327T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
158 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Forsyth County in central North Carolina...
  Northern Davidson County in central North Carolina...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 157 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mocksville,
  moving northeast at 55 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...
  Winston-Salem, Lexington, Thomasville, Kernersville, Clemmons,
  Bermuda Run, Lewisville, Walkertown, Arcadia and Welcome.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3610 8051 3620 8004 3578 8006 3574 8046
      3577 8045 3579 8048 3581 8047 3583 8049
      3584 8048 3583 8046 3583 8043 3585 8042
      3584 8039 3586 8039 3588 8042 3589 8037
      3593 8037 3606 8046 3604 8049 3605 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 244DEG 47KT 3586 8050 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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3 follow-up statements

873 
WWUS52 KRAH 271818
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
218 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCC057-067-271845-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210327T1845Z/
Forsyth NC-Davidson NC-
218 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORSYTH AND NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES...

At 217 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lexington,
moving east at 40 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...
Winston-Salem, Lexington, Thomasville, Kernersville, Walkertown,
Arcadia, Welcome and Sedge Garden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3620 8004 3578 8006 3575 8039 3582 8041
      3584 8039 3587 8038 3589 8037 3593 8037
      3614 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 268DEG 36KT 3588 8027 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

10

101 
WWUS52 KRAH 271834
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
234 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCC067-271843-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210327T1845Z/
Forsyth NC-
234 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3602 8020 3603 8016 3603 8014 3601 8005
      3578 8006 3576 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 244DEG 47KT 3597 8003 

$$

NCC057-271845-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210327T1845Z/
Davidson NC-
234 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY...

At 233 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over High Point,
moving northeast at 55 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...
Lexington, Thomasville and Welcome. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3602 8020 3603 8016 3603 8014 3601 8005
      3578 8006 3576 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 244DEG 47KT 3597 8003 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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668 
WWUS52 KRAH 271840
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
240 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCC057-271850-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210327T1845Z/
Davidson NC-
240 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Raleigh.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northeastern Davidson County near Thomasville.

LAT...LON 3602 8020 3603 8016 3603 8014 3601 8005
      3578 8006 3576 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 244DEG 47KT 3600 7997 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 6:39 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 20 more	3 hr
Mar 27, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	62 min
Mar 27, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	59 min
Mar 27, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	43 min
Mar 27, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	65 min
Mar 27, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	54 min
Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Stanly	66 min
Mar 27, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange	60 min
Mar 27, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	48 min
Mar 27, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Lee, Montgomery, Moore	41 min
Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Randolph	64 min
Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	46 min
Mar 27, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake	48 min
Mar 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance, Warren	60 min
Mar 27, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee, Moore	48 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	38 min
Mar 27, 5:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson	47 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Sampson and 1 more	48 min
Mar 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	45 min
Mar 27, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	37 min
Mar 27, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	51 min
Mar 27, 6:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	54 min
Mar 27, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	54 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	48 min
Mar 27, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	69 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.