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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 9, 2021Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 7:11 PM EDT for Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 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.

271 
WUUS52 KRAH 092311
SVRRAH
NCC163-191-100000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0081.210709T2311Z-210710T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

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

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 710 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Olive,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Newton Grove, Seven Springs,
  Hobbton, Mar-Mac, Brogden, Cliffs Of The Neuse State Park and
  Elroy.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3532 7783 3518 7783 3516 7788 3515 7789
      3517 7793 3516 7797 3519 7802 3518 7807
      3519 7816 3511 7817 3522 7841 3527 7836
      3529 7830 3531 7829 3533 7826 3532 7824
      3535 7816 3537 7816 3545 7783 3540 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 325DEG 14KT 3525 7808 

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

CA

1 follow-up statement

708 
WWUS52 KRAH 092359
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
759 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NCC163-191-100009-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210710T0000Z/
Wayne NC-Sampson NC-
759 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3532 7783 3518 7783 3516 7788 3515 7789
      3517 7793 3516 7797 3519 7802 3518 7807
      3519 7816 3511 7817 3522 7841 3527 7836
      3529 7830 3531 7829 3533 7826 3532 7824
      3535 7816 3537 7816 3545 7783 3540 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 325DEG 14KT 3511 7796 

$$

CA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 10:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	24 hr
Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	51 hr
Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	45 min
Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	54 min
Jul 9, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	61 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange	60 min
Jul 9, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	56 min
Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	67 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Stanly	61 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	62 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	61 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	60 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Lee	65 min
Jul 9, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Wake	61 min
Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland	60 min
Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	45 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	57 min
Jul 9, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Wake	51 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	67 min
Jul 9, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	55 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	65 min
Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	64 min
Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	56 min
Jul 9, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	39 min
Jul 9, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	62 min
Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	38 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.