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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 14, 2021Moore County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1624 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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.

&&

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

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHVance64 min
Aug 13, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly24 min
Aug 13, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly34 min
Aug 13, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery45 min
Aug 13, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Moore64 min
Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville42 min
Aug 14, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Montgomery, Stanly68 min
Aug 14, 4:01 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHChatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and 14 more14 hr
Aug 14, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake43 min
Aug 14, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Stanly51 min
Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake45 min
Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHFranklin, Wake2 hr
Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake40 min
Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly65 min
Aug 14, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Wake44 min
Aug 14, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHChatham, Durham, Wake3 hr
Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Wake37 min
Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Wake51 min
Aug 14, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham60 min
Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Wake29 min
Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson, Richmond70 min
Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond52 min
Aug 14, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth67 min
Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake61 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth40 min
Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance19 min
Aug 14, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHForsyth2 hr
Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford35 min
Aug 14, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford118 min
Aug 14, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford57 min
Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHGuilford2 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.