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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 6, 2021Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Moore County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 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 Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:53 AM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
453 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-070900-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-
Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake-
Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-
Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
453 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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 6, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
307 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

NCZ083>085-062000-
Scotland NC-Anson NC-Richmond NC-
307 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN SCOTLAND...ANSON AND RICHMOND COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

At 304 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms near Wadesboro, moving northeast at 10 mph.
Over half an inch has fallen so far in areas of SW Anson county.
Minor flooding is possible in low lying and poor drainage areas.

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

Heavy rain and minor flooding and frequent cloud to ground lightning
will also be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Rockingham, Wadesboro, Hamlet, Ansonville, Hoffman, Polkton, Ellerbe,
Dobbins Heights, Lilesville and Morven.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning, especially in urban areas where prolonged heavy rain
can quickly lead to flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 8030 3507 8022 3515 7999 3516 7962
      3511 7957 3507 7958 3506 7952 3477 7962
      3480 7968 3482 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 246DEG 9KT 3496 8018

CA

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:39 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
339 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

NCZ073-074-083-084-062030-
Stanly NC-Anson NC-Richmond NC-Montgomery NC-
339 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN ANSON...MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND AND STANLY
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

At 336 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms in southwestern Stanly, Northern Anson and
Richmond Counties, moving northeast at 10 mph. Up to half an inch
has fallen so far in areas of southwestern Stanly county and
Northern Anson county. Minor flooding is possible in low lying and
poor drainage areas.

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

Heavy rain and minor flooding and frequent cloud to ground lightning
will also be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Albemarle, Troy, Badin Lake, Biscoe, Ansonville, Plyler, Locust,
Norwood, Badin and Oakboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning, especially in urban areas where prolonged heavy rain
can quickly lead to flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 7977 3531 7971 3528 7971
      3525 7970 3524 7967 3519 7966 3516 7961
      3514 8000 3502 8030 3519 8028 3517 8035
      3518 8037 3517 8039 3517 8042 3516 8044
      3517 8047 3520 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 237DEG 11KT 3525 8034

CA

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:30 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 6, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Richmond	53 min
Jun 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	51 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.