Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT for Harnett County, Hoke County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- May 7, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2021, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:15 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Whispering Pines, NC | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.). |
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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KRAH 071000
SVRRAH
NCC085-093-125-071045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0050.210507T1000Z-210507T1045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
600 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Moore County in central North Carolina...
Southwestern Harnett County in central North Carolina...
Northern Hoke County in central North Carolina...
* Until 645 AM EDT.
* At 600 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Southern
Pines, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Southern Pines, Carthage, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines,
Pinebluff, Foxfire, Taylortown, Vass and Cameron.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3506 7948 3507 7955 3529 7964 3542 7932
3540 7930 3540 7929 3535 7927 3531 7918
3540 7909 3521 7899 3519 7910 3513 7911
3510 7910 3504 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 251DEG 22KT 3523 7939
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JJT3 follow-up statements
783
WWUS52 KRAH 071021
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
621 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
NCC085-093-125-071045-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210507T1045Z/
Moore NC-Harnett NC-Hoke NC-
621 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MOORE...SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT AND NORTHERN HOKE
COUNTIES...
At 621 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Southern Pines,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Southern Pines, Carthage, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines,
Pinebluff, Foxfire, Taylortown, Vass and Cameron.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3529 7964 3540 7929 3535 7927 3531 7918
3540 7909 3521 7899 3519 7910 3513 7911
3510 7910 3504 7946 3506 7948 3507 7955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 258DEG 21KT 3517 7929
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJT743
WWUS52 KRAH 071029
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
629 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
NCC085-093-125-071045-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210507T1045Z/
Moore NC-Harnett NC-Hoke NC-
629 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT AND NORTHERN HOKE
COUNTIES...
At 629 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Southern Pines, moving east 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...
Southern Pines, Whispering Pines, Vass, Cameron and Pineview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3530 7942 3533 7922 3531 7918 3533 7916
3535 7906 3521 7899 3519 7910 3513 7911
3510 7910 3506 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 253DEG 21KT 3517 7924
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJT412
WWUS52 KRAH 071041
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
641 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
NCC085-093-125-071049-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210507T1045Z/
Moore NC-Harnett NC-Hoke NC-
641 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...
SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT AND NORTHERN HOKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM
EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3530 7942 3533 7922 3531 7918 3533 7916
3535 7906 3521 7899 3519 7910 3513 7911
3510 7910 3506 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 251DEG 22KT 3519 7919
$$
JJTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 59 min |
| May 7, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 66 min |
| May 7, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 66 min |
| May 7, 7:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 56 min |
| May 7, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 57 min |
| May 7, 9:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| May 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 42 min |
| May 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 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.