Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 5:43 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
- Jul 28, 2021, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Kingsboro, NC | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN AT NC 43 AND BULLUCK ROAD. |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Pinetops, NC | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT DAVISTOWN-MERCER ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
750
WUUS52 KRAH 282143
SVRRAH
NCC065-195-282230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0093.210728T2143Z-210728T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
543 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...
Northeastern Wilson County in central North Carolina...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 541 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Elm City, or 12 miles northwest of Farmville, moving south at 20
mph. This Storm has frequent lightning associated with it.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Wilson, Elm City, Sharpsburg, Pinetops, Macclesfield, Saratoga,
Conetoe and Willbanks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 7739 3583 7741 3581 7742 3581 7745
3580 7747 3576 7752 3564 7772 3570 7791
3590 7781 3586 7739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 357DEG 19KT 3576 7769
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CA2 follow-up statements
045
WWUS52 KRAH 282210
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
610 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
NCC065-195-282230-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210728T2230Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
610 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE AND NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
At 608 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Farmville,
moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported multiple trees down near Pinetops,
Tarboro, and Kingsboro in Edgecombe County.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Wilson, Elm City, Sharpsburg, Pinetops, Macclesfield, Saratoga and
Willbanks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 7745 3580 7747 3576 7752 3564 7772
3570 7791 3586 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 357DEG 19KT 3562 7768
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CA148
WWUS52 KRAH 282228
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
628 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
NCC065-195-282238-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210728T2230Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
628 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE AND
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3581 7745 3580 7747 3576 7752 3564 7772
3570 7791 3586 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 357DEG 19KT 3552 7767
$$
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 27 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.