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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 7, 2021Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2021, 3:58 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 12:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1236 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

NCZ007>011-021>028-040>043-078-089-081200-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-
Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-
Wayne-Sampson-
1236 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms will have the potential to efficiently
produce small hail.

.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>086-088-081200-
Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Anson-Richmond-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-
1236 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon 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.

In addition, scattered thunderstorms will have the potential to
efficiently produce small hail.

.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

Local storm report, May 7, 10:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1057 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     HAIL             1 NE IVANHOE            34.62N 78.24W
05/07/2021  E1.00 INCH       SAMPSON            NC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE TOWN OF IVANHOE.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

Special weather statement, May 7, 1:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
136 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

NCZ023-024-040-071815-
Chatham NC-Alamance NC-Orange NC-
136 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
ALAMANCE...ORANGE AND NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM
EDT...

At 134 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of thunderstorms
along a line extending from near Mebane to 8 miles west of Carrboro.
Movement was east at 20 mph.

Pea size hail with these storms may partially cover the ground.

Locations impacted include...
Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Mebane, Efland, Eno River State
Park, Fearrington, Cane Creek Reservoir, Schley and Jordan Lake.

LAT...LON 3586 7902 3585 7901 3582 7899 3576 7904
      3582 7932 3619 7926 3619 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 291DEG 19KT 3609 7919 3587 7923

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Special weather statement, May 7, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
218 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

NCZ040-041-071900-
Chatham NC-Wake NC-
218 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WAKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

At 216 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with
pea-sized near Jordan Lake, moving east at 15 mph.

Pea size hail with this storm may partially cover the ground.

Locations impacted include...
Pittsboro, Apex, Holly Springs, Jordan Lake State Rec Area,
Crosswinds Boating Center, Seaforth Boat Dock, New Hill, Crosswinds
Campground, Harris Lake Boat Launch and Moncure.

LAT...LON 3572 7886 3564 7885 3557 7888 3558 7891
      3553 7897 3555 7903 3557 7905 3560 7905
      3563 7912 3562 7914 3575 7920 3578 7911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 291DEG 14KT 3570 7909

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Special weather statement, May 7, 3:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
358 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

NCZ042-078-089-072100-
Johnston NC-Sampson NC-Wayne NC-
358 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN
SAMPSON AND SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

At 358 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Fremont to 11 miles
southeast of Benson. Movement was east at 40 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Smithfield, Mount Olive, Benson, Fremont, Walnut Creek,
Four Oaks, Pine Level, Princeton and Pikeville.

LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3515 7790 3517 7793
      3516 7797 3518 7799 3519 7802 3518 7807
      3519 7816 3515 7816 3527 7850 3542 7857
      3560 7805 3559 7800 3559 7790 3557 7782
      3543 7783 3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 286DEG 34KT 3550 7798 3530 7836

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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, 7:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	56 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, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	62 min
May 7, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	62 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.