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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 4, 2021Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2021, 10:21 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 4, 2021, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2021, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 Jun 4, 9:37 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:37 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:53 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
353 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-052000-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-
Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
353 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm is possible this afternoon
and evening. The primary threat is damaging winds.

.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.

NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-052000-
Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Anson-
Richmond-
353 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
553 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCZ011-042300-
Halifax NC-
553 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Halifax, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Halifax and Tillery.

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
light outdoor objects.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 7732 3631 7769 3636 7759 3631 7757
      3630 7754 3632 7744 3629 7741 3626 7741
      3624 7738 3621 7738 3618 7731 3617 7731
      3617 7729 3616 7727 3614 7726 3613 7725
      3612 7725 3612 7724 3611 7724 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 299DEG 19KT 3630 7756

10

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
602 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCZ027-028-043-042300-
Edgecombe NC-Nash NC-Wilson NC-
602 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL NASH...SOUTHERN
EDGECOMBE AND EASTERN WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

At 602 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nashville, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Rocky Mount, Nashville, Wilson, Elm City, Dortches, Sharpsburg,
Pinetops, Macclesfield, Saratoga and Conetoe.

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
light outdoor objects.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 7747 3576 7752 3560 7777 3589 7805
      3602 7790 3582 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 306DEG 19KT 3591 7793

10

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
659 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCZ011-042330-
Halifax NC-
659 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

At 658 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
about 9 miles south of Rich Square, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Scotland Neck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter in a nearby building or vehicle. Wind gusts as high as
50 mph are capable of knocking down small or weakened trees and
blowing around light outdoor objects.

Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation with this storm. If the
storm intensifies and rotation strengthens, a warning may need to be
issued.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 7731 3603 7738 3618 7743 3621 7739
      3619 7735 3619 7733 3617 7731 3617 7729
      3616 7727 3614 7726 3614 7725 3612 7725
      3612 7724 3611 7724 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 309DEG 15KT 3613 7730

10

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
738 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCZ027-042-043-050045-
Nash NC-Johnston NC-Wilson NC-
738 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN NASH...
WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 737 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Zebulon to near Wilson
to 6 miles southeast of Elm City. Movement was southeast at 10 mph.

Wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with these storms.

Heavy rain and minor flooding and deadly cloud to ground lightning
will also be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Wilson, Bailey, Kenly, Lucama, Middlesex, Stantonsburg, Black Creek,
Saratoga, Sims and Flowers.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3559 7782 3559 7800 3560 7806
      3557 7807 3562 7836 3570 7842 3575 7838
      3580 7829 3580 7800 3577 7775 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 314DEG 7KT 3576 7828 3576 7795 3573 7779

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	104 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	57 min
Jun 5, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	32 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	63 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.