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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 28, 2021Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 2:39 AM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 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: Mar 28, 2021, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Randolph County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WWUS82 KRAH 280639
SPSRAH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
239 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
 
NCZ022>024-039-040-280745-
Guilford NC-Chatham NC-Alamance NC-Randolph NC-Orange NC-
239 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ALAMANCE...SOUTHWESTERN
ORANGE...RANDOLPH...SOUTHEASTERN GUILFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...

At 238 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
North Carolina Zoo, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Asheboro, Randleman, North Carolina Zoo, Siler City, Seagrove,
Pleasant Garden, Liberty, Ramseur, Franklinville and Swepsonville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter in a nearby building or vehicle. Wind gusts as high as
40 mph are capable of knocking down tree limbs and blowing around
trash cans, potted plants, lawn furniture and other light outdoor
objects.

&&

LAT...LON 3564 8006 3603 7973 3602 7907 3551 7969
      3551 7988 3555 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 228DEG 32KT 3562 7986 

$$

Leins

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Stanly	66 min
Mar 28, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	66 min
Mar 28, 3:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	64 min
Mar 28, 4:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	79 min
Mar 28, 5:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Wake	51 min
Mar 28, 6:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	66 min
Mar 28, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	36 min
Mar 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	33 min
Mar 28, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake	36 min
Mar 28, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	30 min
Mar 28, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	39 min
Mar 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	59 min
Mar 28, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Scotland and 1 more	57 min
Mar 28, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	40 min
Mar 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson, Wayne	61 min
Mar 28, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	29 min
Mar 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	60 min
Mar 28, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	61 min
Mar 28, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	59 min
Mar 28, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	40 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.