Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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
- Jul 9, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Montgomery County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
980
WWUS82 KRAH 091908
SPSRAH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
308 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
NCZ038-039-073>075-092015-
Stanly NC-Randolph NC-Davidson NC-Montgomery NC-Moore NC-
308 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN MOORE...SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON...MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
EDT...
At 307 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and
strong thunderstorms near Badin Lake, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Albemarle, Troy, Badin Lake, Biscoe, Plyler, Badin, Mount Gilead,
Robbins, Star and Candor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Dont wait until you see the first lightning flash before heading to
safety. Move indoors at the first sign of threatening skies or the
first sound of thunder. Deadly lightning strikes can occur well ahead
of an approaching storm, prior to the arrival of rain and wind. Make
sure that lightning is well away from your location before resuming
outdoor activity.
&&
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8018 3555 8021 3558 8021
3559 8023 3562 8021 3548 7955 3518 7984
3518 7985 3516 7990 3516 7995 3539 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 293DEG 24KT 3549 8016
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 24 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 51 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 49 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.