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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 24, 2021Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 5:48 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

561 
WUUS52 KRAH 242129
SVRRAH
NCC191-195-242215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0059.210524T2129Z-210524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
529 PM EDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
  Southeastern Wilson County in central North Carolina...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 528 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fremont, or 8
  miles northeast of Goldsboro, moving south at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Goldsboro, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Lucama, Stantonsburg, Black
  Creek, Pikeville, Eureka, Mar-Mac and Brogden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3562 7775 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780
      3538 7780 3534 7782 3526 7783 3529 7810
      3559 7807 3571 7802 3563 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 346DEG 23KT 3548 7789 

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

CA
1 follow-up statement
729 
WWUS52 KRAH 242148
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
548 PM EDT Mon May 24 2021

NCC191-195-242158-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210524T2215Z/
Wayne NC-Wilson NC-
548 PM EDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3562 7775 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780
      3538 7780 3534 7782 3526 7783 3529 7810
      3559 7807 3571 7802 3563 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 346DEG 23KT 3536 7785 

$$

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson59 min
May 24, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWake119 min
May 24, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne62 min
May 24, 6:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne, Wilson3 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.