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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Warren County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Roanoke Rapids, NC | TREE DOWN AT THE 600 BLOCK OF ROANOKE AVE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. |
| Apr 9, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Roanoke Rapids, NC | TREE DOWN AT THE 100 BLOCK OF LOVE ST IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KRAH 092221
SPSRAH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
621 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
NCZ010-011-092315-
Warren NC-Halifax NC-
621 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WARREN AND
NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
At 620 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gasburg, VA to near
Warrenton, NC. Movement was east at 20 mph.
Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Roanoke Rapids, Warrenton, Littleton, Macon, Airlie, Rosemary, Afton,
Lake Gaston, Southpointe And Morningstar Marinas and Arcola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If on or near Kerr Lake, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
central North Carolina.
LAT...LON 3651 7790 3650 7782 3648 7777 3648 7775
3649 7773 3648 7768 3648 7765 3645 7763
3644 7761 3627 7793 3634 7828 3638 7829
3655 7798 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 275DEG 16KT 3658 7784 3638 7820
$$
GreenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 22 min |
| Apr 9, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Scotland | 112 min |
| Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore, Richmond | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person, Vance | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.