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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 16, 2022Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2022, 2:01 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 16, 2022, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2022, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:07 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:42 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
142 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022

NCZ078-089-161830-
Sampson NC-Wayne NC-
142 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Wayne and
northeastern Sampson Counties through 230 PM EDT...

At 141 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Mount Olive to 8 miles
northwest of Bowdens to 6 miles southwest of Clinton. Movement was
east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Clinton, Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Harrells, Turkey,
Seven Springs, Mar-Mac, Brogden and Cliffs Of The Neuse State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7854 3511 7829 3534 7820 3535 7815
      3537 7816 3539 7815 3530 7783 3518 7783
      3516 7788 3515 7789 3517 7793 3516 7797
      3519 7802 3518 7807 3519 7816 3509 7817
      3508 7816 3490 7815 3474 7820 3473 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 273DEG 22KT 3528 7816 3511 7824 3495 7842

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	47 min
Jun 16, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	44 min
Jun 16, 8:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	50 min
Jun 16, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	32 min
Jun 16, 8:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	33 min
Jun 16, 9:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson	39 min
Jun 16, 10:58 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Stanly	9 hr
Jun 16, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	35 min
Jun 16, 12:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	47 min
Jun 16, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	41 min
Jun 16, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	25 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	23 min
Jun 16, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	48 min
Jun 16, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	47 min
Jun 16, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	44 min
Jun 16, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	61 min
Jun 16, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	39 min
Jun 16, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	56 min
Jun 16, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	50 min
Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange, Person	50 min
Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	45 min
Jun 16, 4:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	2 hr
Jun 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	57 min
Jun 16, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	48 min
Jun 16, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Guilford	106 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Randolph and 1 more	47 min
Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange	41 min
Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	26 min
Jun 16, 4:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Stanly	3 hr
Jun 16, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	29 min
Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	67 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	29 min
Jun 16, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Randolph and 1 more	56 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore	51 min
Jun 16, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	47 min
Jun 16, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	46 min
Jun 16, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore	42 min
Jun 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Sampson	62 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	49 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	32 min
Jun 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Richmond	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:59 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland	24 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.