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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 11, 2021Franklin County, Halifax County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 8:25 PM EDT for Franklin County, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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 11, 2021, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Franklin County, NC, Halifax County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 11, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:11 AM EDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
611 AM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

NCZ007>011-026>028-043-121200-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Wilson-
611 AM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY 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.

   Flash Flood Watch.

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

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

NCZ021>025-038>042-073>078-083>086-088-089-121200-
Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-
Wake-Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-
Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
611 AM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain may result in flooding of
urban and poor drainage areas this afternoon and evening.

.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, Jun 11, 3:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe65 min
Jun 11, 8:40 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash3 hr
Jun 12, 12:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake104 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.