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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 29, 2021Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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: May 29, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Flowers, NC	TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PRICKET LANE AND POWHATAN RD.
May 29, 5:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Micro, NC	* 1 INJ * A TREE FELL ONTO A TRUCK WHILE A 19 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS DRIVING ON BIZZELL GROVE CHURCH ROAD. THE INJURIES WERE NON-LIFE-THREATENING.
May 29, 5:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Pikeville, NC	TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR PERKINS RD NORTH OF GOLDSBORO.
May 29, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Eureka, NC	TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR NC HIGHWAY 111 NORTH NEAR EUREKA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WUUS52 KRAH 292114
SVRRAH
NCC101-191-195-292200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0065.210529T2114Z-210529T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
514 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
  Southwestern Wilson County in central North Carolina...
  Central Johnston County in central North Carolina...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 514 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Smithfield,
  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...
  Smithfield, Clayton, Fremont, Micro, Selma, Four Oaks, Pine Level,
  Kenly, Princeton and Lucama.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3543 7785 3538 7842 3561 7858 3570 7825
      3571 7799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 255DEG 23KT 3554 7837 

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

PWB

1 follow-up statement

924 
WWUS52 KRAH 292130
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
530 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCC101-191-195-292200-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210529T2200Z/
Wayne NC-Wilson NC-Johnston NC-
530 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN
JOHNSTON COUNTIES...

At 530 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of 
Smithfield, 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...
Smithfield, Fremont, Micro, Selma, Pine Level, Kenly, Princeton,
Lucama, Pikeville and Buckhorn Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3543 7785 3539 7831 3562 7840 3570 7825
      3571 7799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 255DEG 23KT 3557 7825 

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

PWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person	54 min
May 29, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	56 min
May 29, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	55 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	38 min
May 29, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	45 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	62 min
May 29, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	54 min
May 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	45 min
May 29, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	60 min
May 29, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Lee	56 min
May 29, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee, Moore	52 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	56 min
May 29, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson	39 min
May 29, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	47 min
May 29, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	63 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.