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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 30, 2021Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2021, 2:43 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2021, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 2048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

856 
WUUS52 KRAH 301843
SVRRAH
NCC065-195-301930-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0096.210730T1843Z-210730T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
243 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...
  Eastern Wilson County in central North Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 243 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Farmville, 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...
  Wilson, Stantonsburg, Black Creek, Saratoga and Willbanks. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3559 7782 3558 7790 3572 7797
      3583 7779 3570 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 307DEG 12KT 3567 7773 

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

Kren

3 follow-up statements

460 
WWUS52 KRAH 301859
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
259 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NCC065-195-301930-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210730T1930Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
259 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDGECOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...

At 259 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Wilson, or 13 miles west of Farmville, 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...
Wilson, Stantonsburg, Saratoga and Willbanks. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3559 7785 3571 7793 3579 7781 3575 7769
      3570 7762 3557 7782 3559 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 308DEG 14KT 3566 7783 

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

Kren

942 
WWUS52 KRAH 301918
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
318 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NCC065-195-301930-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210730T1930Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
318 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDGECOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...

At 318 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Wilson, or 10 miles northwest of Farmville, moving southeast at 20
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...
Saratoga and Willbanks. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3563 7780 3572 7786 3579 7781 3575 7769
      3570 7762 3560 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 302DEG 17KT 3569 7775 

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

Kren

062 
WWUS52 KRAH 301930
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
330 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NCC065-195-301939-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210730T1930Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
330 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDGECOMBE AND
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property 
at this time. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. 
However heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm and 
additional thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.

LAT...LON 3563 7780 3572 7786 3579 7781 3575 7769
      3570 7762 3560 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 307DEG 12KT 3568 7773 

$$

Kren

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	26 min
Jul 30, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	27 min
Jul 30, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	65 min
Jul 30, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	54 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.