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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 9, 2021Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 7:07 PM EDT for Sampson County, 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
Jul 9, 2021, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 871 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WUUS52 KRAH 092307
SVRRAH
NCC163-092345-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0080.210709T2307Z-210709T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
707 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Sampson County in central North Carolina...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 706 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
  Clinton, or over Hobbton moving southeast at 25 mph. 

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Clinton, Roseboro, Garland, Salemburg, Turkey and Hobbton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3474 7839 3475 7839 3478 7844 3481 7845
      3484 7849 3488 7851 3490 7855 3491 7854
      3491 7856 3494 7857 3495 7861 3497 7862
      3525 7831 3511 7817 3509 7817 3508 7816
      3490 7815 3480 7818 3470 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 330DEG 21KT 3514 7836 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Badgett

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston24 hr
Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston51 hr
Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth45 min
Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Person54 min
Jul 9, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth61 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Durham, Orange60 min
Jul 9, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance, Warren56 min
Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery67 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Stanly61 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake62 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson61 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson60 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Lee65 min
Jul 9, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHFranklin, Wake61 min
Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland60 min
Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Orange, Wake45 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson57 min
Jul 9, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Harnett, Johnston, Wake51 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Scotland67 min
Jul 9, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne55 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth65 min
Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Sampson64 min
Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne56 min
Jul 9, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne39 min
Jul 9, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson62 min
Jul 9, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson, Wayne49 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.