Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 6:37 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 9, 2021, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604 WUUS52 KRAH 092237 SVRRAH NCC069-077-181-183-185-092315- /O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0069.210609T2237Z-210609T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Raleigh NC 637 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021 The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Vance County in central North Carolina... Southwestern Warren County in central North Carolina... Southern Granville County in central North Carolina... Northeastern Wake County in central North Carolina... Franklin County in central North Carolina... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 636 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kittrell, or near Oxford, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Henderson, Oxford, Louisburg, Wake Forest, Franklinton, Kittrell, Rolesville, Youngsville, Middleburg and Ingleside. 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. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3627 7874 3641 7829 3603 7812 3589 7856 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 334DEG 26KT 3626 7851 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ GIH
2 follow-up statements
560
WWUS52 KRAH 092259
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
659 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
NCC185-092308-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210609T2315Z/
Warren NC-
659 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7823 3625 7822
3603 7812 3589 7856 3616 7868 3632 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 340DEG 13KT 3617 7847
$$
NCC069-077-181-183-092315-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210609T2315Z/
Vance NC-Granville NC-Wake NC-Franklin NC-
659 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN VANCE...SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE...NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
At 658 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kittrell, or 10
miles south of Henderson, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Louisburg, Wake Forest, Franklinton, Kittrell, Rolesville,
Youngsville, Ingleside, Purnell, Gillburg and Falls Lake.
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.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7823 3625 7822
3603 7812 3589 7856 3616 7868 3632 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 340DEG 13KT 3617 7847
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GIH232
WWUS52 KRAH 092308
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
708 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
NCC069-077-181-183-092317-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210609T2315Z/
Vance NC-Granville NC-Wake NC-Franklin NC-
708 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VANCE...SOUTHEASTERN
GRANVILLE...NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm as it
moves to the southeast through Franklin county through 730 pm.
LAT...LON 3630 7828 3627 7831 3626 7823 3625 7822
3603 7812 3589 7856 3616 7868 3632 7828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 334DEG 26KT 3612 7844
$$
GIHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.