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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 28, 2021Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 2:51 PM EDT for Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2021, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 28, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nashville, NC	BROADCAST MEDIA WRAL REPORTED A TREE ON A RESIDENCE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF E WASHINGTON STREET AND S NC-58.
Mar 28, 3:11 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Nashville, NC	SEVERAL TREES DOWN HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY 911 CALL CENTER AROUND NASHVILLE.
Mar 28, 3:11 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Ese Nashville, NC	1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR FAIRFIELD ROAD SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE, NC.
Mar 28, 3:11 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Nashville, NC	PUBLIC SENT IN PICTURES OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL FROM THE AREA OF NASHVILLE, NC.
Mar 28, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Battleboro, NC	SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND SPLIT AROUND WESLEYAN COLLEGE.
Mar 28, 3:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Dortches, NC	BROADCAST MEDIA WRAL REPORTED A TREE DOWN ALONG BRIAR GLENN ROAD.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

400 
WUUS52 KRAH 281851
SVRRAH
NCC069-127-281930-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0030.210328T1851Z-210328T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
251 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Nash County in central North Carolina...
  Central Franklin County in central North Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 251 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bunn, or 13
  miles southeast 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...
  Rocky Mount, Nashville, Dortches, Bunn, Red Oak, Spring Hope,
  Castalia, Battleboro and Aventon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3618 7795 3619 7794 3618 7793 3619 7792
      3617 7792 3616 7790 3614 7789 3615 7786
      3614 7781 3606 7774 3600 7777 3581 7820
      3596 7833 3619 7799 3618 7798 3619 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 235DEG 23KT 3593 7820 

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

Green

1 follow-up statement

100 
WWUS52 KRAH 281910
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
310 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

NCC069-281919-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210328T1930Z/
Franklin NC-
310 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

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

LAT...LON 3614 7781 3606 7774 3600 7777 3589 7802
      3602 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 249DEG 42KT 3599 7791 

$$

NCC127-281930-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210328T1930Z/
Nash NC-
310 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL NASH COUNTY...

At 309 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Nashville,
moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rocky Mount, Nashville, Dortches, Red Oak and Battleboro. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3614 7781 3606 7774 3600 7777 3589 7802
      3602 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 249DEG 42KT 3599 7791 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Green

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Stanly	66 min
Mar 28, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	66 min
Mar 28, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	66 min
Mar 28, 3:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	64 min
Mar 28, 4:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	79 min
Mar 28, 5:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Wake	51 min
Mar 28, 6:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	66 min
Mar 28, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	36 min
Mar 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	33 min
Mar 28, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake	36 min
Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	30 min
Mar 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	59 min
Mar 28, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Scotland and 1 more	57 min
Mar 28, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	40 min
Mar 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson, Wayne	61 min
Mar 28, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	29 min
Mar 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	60 min
Mar 28, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	61 min
Mar 28, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	59 min
Mar 28, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	40 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.