Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 5:07 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Eagle Springs, NC | EMERGENCY MANGER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY-705 AND NC-211. |
| Mar 27, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Eagle Springs, NC | EMERGENCY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
667
WUUS52 KRAH 272107
SVRRAH
NCC007-123-125-153-167-272145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0023.210327T2107Z-210327T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
507 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Moore County in central North Carolina...
Central Anson County in central North Carolina...
Montgomery County in central North Carolina...
Northern Richmond County in central North Carolina...
Southeastern Stanly County in central North Carolina...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 507 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Seagrove to near Fairview In Union County,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Albemarle, Wadesboro, Troy, Pinehurst, Biscoe, Ansonville, Hoffman,
Polkton, Norwood and Oakboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 7985 3552 7951 3525 7946 3504 7946
3495 8030 3519 8028 3517 8035 3518 8037
3517 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 264DEG 38KT 3548 7976 3512 8056
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
101 follow-up statement
693
WWUS52 KRAH 272118
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
518 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
NCC007-123-125-153-167-272145-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210327T2145Z/
Moore NC-Anson NC-Montgomery NC-Richmond NC-Stanly NC-
518 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN MOORE...CENTRAL ANSON...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN RICHMOND
AND SOUTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTIES...
At 517 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Seagrove to near Unionville,
moving east at 45 mph. The storm near Seven Lakes is showing signs
of rotation and a tornado is possible with that storm.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Albemarle, Wadesboro, Troy, Pinehurst, Biscoe, Ansonville, Hoffman,
Polkton, Norwood and Oakboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 7985 3552 7951 3525 7946 3504 7946
3495 8030 3519 8028 3517 8035 3518 8037
3517 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 264DEG 38KT 3549 7968 3513 8048
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
10The 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, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 47 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, 5:13 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.