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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 28, 2021Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 6:27 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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 28, 2021, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

101 
WUUS52 KRAH 282227
SVRRAH
NCC051-163-282330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0095.210728T2227Z-210728T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
627 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

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

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 626 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Godwin, or 11 miles east of Fayetteville, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fayetteville, Eastover, Roseboro, Stedman, Wade, Salemburg,
  Autryville, Vander, Bushy Lake Natural Area and Cedar Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is 
occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7879 3514 7894 3517 7867 3490 7832
      3484 7849 3485 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 316DEG 12KT 3506 7871 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CA

1 follow-up statement

384 
WWUS52 KRAH 282254
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
654 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

NCC051-163-282304-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210728T2330Z/
Sampson NC-Cumberland NC-
654 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SAMPSON AND
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3485 7879 3514 7894 3517 7867 3490 7832
      3484 7849 3485 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 316DEG 12KT 3499 7863 

$$

CA

The 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, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson	45 min

Nearby

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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.