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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 20, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT (16:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Harnett County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
950
WWUS82 KRAH 201629
SPSRAH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1229 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
NCZ042-077-088-089-201730-
Johnston NC-Sampson NC-Harnett NC-Cumberland NC-
1229 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON...
SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT...NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN
JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
At 1227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Godwin, or 10 miles south of Lillington, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Deadly cloud to ground lightning will also be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Dunn, Benson, Godwin, Erwin, Coats, Four Oaks, Newton Grove, Falcon,
Linden and Spivey's Corner.
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 trash cans, potted plants, lawn furniture and other
light outdoor objects.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3531 7893 3557 7841 3531 7829 3529 7830
3527 7829 3515 7885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 240DEG 27KT 3525 7878
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 8:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland | 66 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.