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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2022, 5:48 PM EDT for Alamance County, Guilford County, Orange 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
- Jul 25, 2022, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alamance County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 25, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 457 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-260900- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson- Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 457 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a marginal (level 1 of 5) risk of severe storms with damaging straight line winds across the northwest and northern Piedmont areas this afternoon and evening. In additional heat indices of 100 to 105 are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is a marginal (level 1 of 5) risk of severe storms with damaging straight line winds on Tuesday, as well as a marginal risk of flash flooding. Heat index values will climb into the upper 90s to around 105 degrees through the end of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
308 PM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022
NCZ021-252015-
Forsyth NC-
308 PM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Forsyth County
through 415 PM EDT...
At 307 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Enon, or near Winston-Salem, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville, Walkertown, Rural
Hall, Pfafftown, Stanleyville, Sedge Garden and Belews Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3614 8044 3626 8042 3626 8004 3601 8005
3603 8014 3603 8021 3600 8022 3600 8032
3599 8033 3599 8035 3597 8039 3598 8041
3599 8042 3601 8041 3602 8043 3606 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 242DEG 15KT 3610 8038
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
10Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Stanly | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance, Warren | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson | 86 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.