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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 31, 2021Hoke County, Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2021, 11:48 PM EST for Hoke County, Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2021, 11:48 PM EST (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2022, 12:45 AM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 10:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond61 min
Dec 31, 11:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore, Richmond59 min
Jan 1, 4:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond62 min
Jan 1, 5:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Harnett, Lee, Wake78 min
Jan 1, 6:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax45 min
Jan 1, 6:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax, Nash, Wilson41 min

Nearby

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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.