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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 27, 20214 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chatham County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Randolph County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 5:10 PM EDTHAIL 11 Se Eagle Springs, NCEMERGENCY MANGER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY-705 AND NC-211.
Mar 27, 5:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Eagle Springs, NCEMERGENCY MANGER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR EAGLE SPRING, NC.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2021-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

512 
WUUS52 KRAH 272012
SVRRAH
NCC037-123-125-151-272100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0018.210327T2012Z-210327T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Moore County in central North Carolina...
  Central Montgomery County in central North Carolina...
  Southeastern Randolph County in central North Carolina...
  Southwestern Chatham County in central North Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 411 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Biscoe, or
  near Troy, moving east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Troy, Carthage, Biscoe, Seagrove, Robbins, Star, Candor, Steeds,
  Harpers Crossroads and Highfalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3563 7948 3552 7934 3551 7935 3550 7934
      3548 7936 3544 7933 3543 7933 3540 7930
      3533 7928 3522 7992 3547 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 253DEG 26KT 3534 7984 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
447 
WWUS52 KRAH 272037
SVSRAH

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

NCC037-123-125-151-272100-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210327T2100Z/
Moore NC-Montgomery NC-Randolph NC-Chatham NC-
437 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MOORE...CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH
AND SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES...

At 437 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Biscoe, or 11 miles west of Carthage, moving east at 30 mph. 

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Troy, Carthage, Biscoe, Seagrove, Robbins, Star, Candor, Steeds,
Harpers Crossroads and Highfalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3563 7948 3552 7934 3551 7935 3550 7934
      3548 7936 3544 7933 3543 7933 3540 7930
      3533 7928 3522 7992 3547 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 253DEG 26KT 3540 7962 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:39 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRAHAnson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 20 more3 hr
Mar 27, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth62 min
Mar 27, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth47 min
Mar 27, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph59 min
Mar 27, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph43 min
Mar 27, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford65 min
Mar 27, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson54 min
Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Moore, Stanly66 min
Mar 27, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange60 min
Mar 27, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHLee, Montgomery, Moore41 min
Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Randolph64 min
Mar 27, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Stanly46 min
Mar 27, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake48 min
Mar 27, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Vance, Warren60 min
Mar 27, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Lee, Moore48 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly38 min
Mar 27, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson47 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Sampson and 1 more48 min
Mar 27, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson45 min
Mar 27, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland37 min
Mar 27, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne, Wilson51 min
Mar 27, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne54 min
Mar 27, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson54 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland48 min
Mar 27, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson69 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.