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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 26, 20224 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2022, 3:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Apr 26, 2022, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Granville County, NC, Person County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2022-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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
Apr 26, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly61 min
Apr 26, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond and 1 more53 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Guilford, Lee, Montgomery and 4 more59 min
Apr 26, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Richmond66 min
Apr 26, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Granville, Harnett, Hoke, Lee and 4 more54 min
Apr 26, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Person67 min
Apr 26, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery67 min
Apr 26, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke, Scotland59 min
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 5 more57 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston and 5 more76 min
Apr 26, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHBladen26 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.