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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 28, 2021Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Kingsboro, NCMULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN AT NC 43 AND BULLUCK ROAD.
Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Pinetops, NCMULTIPLE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2446 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

CA
2 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
 
$$

CA
148 
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 

$$

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett28 min
Jul 28, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett43 min
Jul 28, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake39 min
Jul 28, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson63 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHScotland54 min
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke, Sampson45 min
Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson27 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.