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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT for Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 8, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Hoke County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
162
WWUS82 KRAH 082113
SPSRAH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
513 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
NCZ086-088-082145-
Hoke NC-Cumberland NC-
513 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Cumberland and northeastern Hoke Counties through 545 PM EDT...
At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Fort Bragg. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope AFB, Hope Mills, Spring Lake and
Bonnie Doone.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 7920 3512 7928 3519 7920 3519 7918
3517 7914 3518 7913 3517 7913 3517 7910
3519 7909 3520 7907 3516 7889 3499 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 284DEG 2KT 3512 7913
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
7The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:02 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 29 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.