Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 6:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Rockfish, NC | TREES REPORTED DOWN AT RAYCONDA AND FAIRFOREST 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
546
WUUS52 KRAH 282145
SVRRAH
NCC051-093-163-282230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0094.210728T2145Z-210728T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
545 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Sampson County in central North Carolina...
Cumberland County in central North Carolina...
Northeastern Hoke County in central North Carolina...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 545 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Southern Pines to near Fort Bragg to
near Godwin, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Clinton, Raeford, Fort Bragg, Godwin, Pope AFB, Hope
Mills, Eastover, Roseboro and Stedman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3489 7893 3492 7896 3495 7903 3492 7908
3495 7922 3516 7933 3521 7924 3519 7918
3517 7914 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
3519 7910 3516 7897 3525 7865 3525 7862
3529 7852 3498 7819 3485 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 327DEG 15KT 3521 7928 3514 7895 3524 7859
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Green1 follow-up statement
236
WWUS52 KRAH 282217
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
617 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
NCC051-093-163-282230-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210728T2230Z/
Sampson NC-Cumberland NC-Hoke NC-
617 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN SAMPSON...CUMBERLAND AND NORTHEASTERN HOKE COUNTIES...
At 616 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles north of Raeford to near Fayetteville to 11
miles southeast of Godwin, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported trees down near Fayetteville.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Clinton, Raeford, Fort Bragg, Hope Mills, Eastover,
Roseboro, Stedman, Wade and Salemburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3489 7893 3492 7896 3495 7903 3492 7908
3495 7922 3513 7930 3514 7894 3522 7849
3498 7819 3485 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 327DEG 15KT 3510 7919 3503 7886 3513 7850
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 47 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.