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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2021, 7:34 AM EDT for Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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
- May 7, 2021, 7:34 AM EDT (11:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2021, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Hoke County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 7, 7:30 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:30 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 408 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 NCZ008>011-025>028-041>043-078-089-080815- Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Wake- Johnston-Wilson-Wayne-Sampson- 408 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will have the potential to efficiently produce small hail. Some storms may produce hail as big as quarters and possibly a damaging wind gust. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ038-039-073>077-083>086-088-080815- Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Anson-Richmond- Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland- 408 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. INCREASED FIRE DANGER. Scattered thunderstorms will have the potential to efficiently produce small hail. Some storms may produce hail as big as quarters and possibly a damaging wind gust. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ007-021>024-040-080815- Person-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Chatham- 408 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will have the potential to efficiently produce small hail. Some storms may produce hail as big as quarters and possibly a damaging wind gust. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
431 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
NCZ039-040-074>076-084-070930-
Richmond NC-Lee NC-Chatham NC-Randolph NC-Montgomery NC-Moore NC-
431 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOORE...
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...NORTH CENTRAL RICHMOND...SOUTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH...SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL
530 AM EDT...
At 430 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms near Biscoe, or 12 miles east of Troy, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
Pea size hail will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Sanford, Southern Pines, Troy, Carthage, Siler City, Pinehurst,
Biscoe, Seagrove, Whispering Pines and Robbins.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3579 7956 3538 7912 3533 7916 3503 7978
3527 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 229DEG 31KT 3531 7968
JJTSpecial weather statement, May 7, 5:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
539 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
NCZ040-074>076-084-071045-
Richmond NC-Lee NC-Chatham NC-Montgomery NC-Moore NC-
539 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOORE...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHEASTERN RICHMOND...SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM EDT...
At 538 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms near Pinehurst, or 9 miles west of Southern
Pines, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Half inch hail will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Southern Pines, Troy, Carthage, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Biscoe,
Whispering Pines, Pinebluff, Mount Gilead and Robbins.
LAT...LON 3527 8008 3543 7992 3552 7962 3551 7956
3553 7955 3557 7942 3534 7915 3527 7922
3525 7920 3506 7960 3517 7977 3518 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 231DEG 22KT 3522 7956
JJTLocal storm report, May 7, 6:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 59 min |
| May 7, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 66 min |
| May 7, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Moore | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 66 min |
| May 7, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 57 min |
| May 7, 9:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| May 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 42 min |
| May 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 min |
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