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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT for Davidson County, Guilford 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 28, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Davidson County, NC, Guilford County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
612
WWUS82 KRAH 282113
SPSRAH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
513 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
NCZ022-038-039-073-282215-
Guilford NC-Stanly NC-Randolph NC-Davidson NC-
513 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON...
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH...NORTH STANLY AND SOUTHEASTERN GUILFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
High Rock Lake, or 10 miles south of Lexington, moving northeast at
35 mph.
Wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, High Point, Lexington, Randleman, Thomasville,
McLeansville, Archdale, Trinity, Pleasant Garden and Jamestown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter in a nearby building or vehicle. Wind gusts as high as
45 mph are capable of knocking down tree limbs and blowing around
trash cans, potted plants, lawn furniture and other light outdoor
objects.
If on or near High Rock 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 8032 3618 7978 3598 7955 3541 8032
3545 8033 3550 8030 3551 8020 3552 8018
3555 8020 3555 8021 3558 8021 3563 8026
3564 8029 3567 8031 3568 8033 3569 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 226DEG 32KT 3566 8023
$$
PWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 56 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 57 min |
| May 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 52 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.