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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 6, 2022Halifax County, Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2022, 9:17 PM EDT for Halifax County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 6, 2022, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Halifax County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Jul 6, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:05 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:12 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
912 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0816 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N KNIGHTDALE          35.85N 78.50W
07/06/2022                   WAKE               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

AS

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:13 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
913 PM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

NCZ008>011-026-027-070215-
Nash NC-Franklin NC-Vance NC-Warren NC-Halifax NC-Granville NC-
913 PM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Vance,
Warren, northwestern Nash, southern Granville, northwestern Halifax
and Franklin Counties through 1015 PM EDT...

At 912 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles northeast of Louisburg to near
Franklinton to 6 miles south of Oxford. Movement was south at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Roanoke Rapids, Henderson, Oxford, Creedmoor, Louisburg, Warrenton,
Butner, Franklinton, Littleton and Kittrell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These thunderstorms are producing an excessive amount of deadly cloud
to ground lightning. Seek shelter indoors and stay away from windows.
If you cannot seek shelter indoors, an enclosed vehicle can provide
safe shelter.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 7790 3648 7776 3648 7765 3643 7760
      3614 7779 3582 7825 3590 7831 3591 7835
      3593 7835 3594 7839 3598 7843 3608 7869
      3607 7878 3609 7881 3624 7880 3643 7812
      3654 7805 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 345DEG 40KT 3620 7811 3607 7842 3622 7862

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

10

Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
916 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0727 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE BUSHY FORK         36.27N 79.05W
07/06/2022                   PERSON             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE REPORTS CAME INTO THE CALL CENTER
            OF DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES AROUND THE
            HURDLE MILLS AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

AS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance, Warren	65 min
Jul 6, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	34 min
Jul 6, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	60 min
Jul 6, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	53 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	43 min
Jul 6, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance	58 min
Jul 6, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	42 min
Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	49 min
Jul 6, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	47 min
Jul 6, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Warren	62 min
Jul 6, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	36 min
Jul 6, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson	31 min
Jul 6, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	54 min
Jul 6, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	59 min
Jul 6, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	37 min
Jul 6, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	23 min
Jul 6, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson	45 min
Jul 6, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	40 min
Jul 6, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	33 min
Jul 7, 3:41 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 22 more	15 hr
Jul 7, 8:57 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 1 more	10 hr
Jul 7, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	70 min
Jul 7, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	82 min
Jul 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	41 min
Jul 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	46 min
Jul 7, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	36 min
Jul 7, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly	99 min
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	48 min
Jul 7, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	37 min
Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	35 min
Jul 7, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	35 min
Jul 7, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	48 min
Jul 7, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	24 min
Jul 7, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	33 min
Jul 7, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	39 min
Jul 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Johnston, Wake, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	53 min
Jul 7, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	47 min
Jul 7, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	26 min
Jul 7, 6:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Wake	48 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	26 min
Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	78 min
Jul 7, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Scotland	83 min
Jul 7, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	52 min
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash, Wilson	17 min
Jul 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	39 min
Jul 7, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	56 min
Jul 7, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	24 min
Jul 7, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	37 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.