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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 9, 2021Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 9, 2021, 1:08 PM EDT for Wake 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
Sep 9, 2021, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -112 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-81 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 Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
933 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will move slowly southeast through central North
Carolina today. Much drier and cooler high pressure will build into
the region tonight through the weekend.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/...
As of 933 AM Thursday...

Isolated thunderstorms and scattered rain showers have redeveloped
across portions of central NC, especially over Montgomery, Moore,
Stanly, and Lee Counties. Good moisture transport and isentropic
lift ahead of the advancing cold front, along with some tropical
moisture from tropical depression Mindy, should allow precipitation
to fill in for the remainder of the morning to afternoon hours,
especially along/east of US-1. No severe weather is anticipated
given extensive clouds and reduced instability. Precipitation
chances should diminish this evening from west to east, earliest in
the Triad in the early afternoon, and through the Coastal Plain this
evening. No flash flooding is forecast but some isolated spots could
see brief heavy rain given high precipitable water values of 1.5-2
inches. Temperatures were largely unchanged from the previous
forecast package, with just a few tweaks to lower highs where
precipitation is most favored. Highs in the mid to upper 70s in the
north to the upper 70s to low 80s in the south. A chilly night
expected behind the front with clearing skies, generally mid to
upper 50s with some lower 60s in the far south.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/...
As of 215 AM Thursday...

Lots of sun and pleasant Friday.

Much drier and cooler high pressure will build in from the Midwest.
Expect some morning cloudiness in the SE; otherwise sunny and
pleasant with highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s N to S.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 145 AM Thursday...

High pressure will move across the area this weekend as a moisture
starved mid/upper level s/w trough cross the area. This will result
in quite weather for this weekend, with highs generally in the 80s
and around normal. Low temps, with good radiational cooling
conditions, are expected to be in the 50s Saturday night, before
rebounding some to the upper 50s to lower 60s for Sunday night (both
nights below normal though).

The surface high will shift to the east of the area by early next
week, while mid/upper level ridging is expected to build across the
region. This will result in continued dry conditions, but warming
conditions, with high temps expected to be in the upper 80s to lower
90s, with possibly even some mid 90s early next week. Low temps
during this time frame are expected to generally be in the 60s.

The ridge begins to break down some by very late in the period, mid
next week. Thus, will keep a slight chance of showers/storms in the
forecast by Wednesday, with highs still in the upper 80s to lower
90s.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 120 AM Thursday...

A trend to MVFR to IFR (12z-15z) will continue. The actual front was
still located well to the northwest and will not arrive until after
14z in the NW, and after 18z from RDU east and south. Showers and
scattered storms are expected to redevelop over central NC as the
front slowly advances southeast through the region between 13z and
21z today. Conditions should be slow to improve. INT/GSO are
expected to trend to MVFR 15z-18z and VFR after 18z, while eastern
terminals stay IFR until 18z and don't reach VFR until late 22-
00z/Fri.

Looking beyond 12z Fri, a return to VFR conditions are expected
areawide between 00z and 06z/Fri. VFR can be expected Friday through
Monday as high pressure builds into and over the region.

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...Badgett
NEAR TERM...Kren/JJT
SHORT TERM...Badgett
LONG TERM...BSD
AVIATION...Badgett
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 12:15 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren58 min
Sep 9, 10:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMoore3 hr
Sep 9, 11:21 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHWake3 hr
Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren64 min
Sep 9, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake55 min
Sep 9, 12:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHVance, Warren3 hr
Sep 9, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHalifax92 min
Sep 9, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Wilson59 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.