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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 1:46 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2021, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 14, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 10:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 1013 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-151415- Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe- Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Scotland-Hoke- Cumberland-Sampson- 1013 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT 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. Heat Advisory. Additionally, isolated strong to damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy downpours and flooding, will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy downpours and flooding, will be possible in scattered to locally numerous thunderstorms on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-074-083-084-151415- Person-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly- Montgomery-Anson-Richmond- 1013 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy downpours and flooding, will be possible in scattered to locally numerous thunderstorms today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to damaging wind gusts, and locally heavy downpours and flooding, will be possible in scattered to locally numerous thunderstorms on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
146 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
NCZ075-141830-
Moore NC-
146 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Moore County
through 230 PM EDT...
At 142 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Carthage, moving slowly northeast at 5 mph. Heavy rainfall and
frequent lightning is occurring with this Storm.
HAZARD...Winds up to 30 mph, half inch hail, and heavy rainfall.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carthage, Whispering Pines and Seven Lakes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
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LAT...LON 3536 7961 3544 7952 3547 7936 3544 7933
3543 7933 3542 7931 3536 7927 3535 7927
3534 7926 3525 7937 3522 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 238DEG 6KT 3533 7945
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 68 min |
| Aug 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 14 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Wake | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 70 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 19 min |
| Aug 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 118 min |
| Aug 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
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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.