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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2022, 8:14 AM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 3, 2022, 8:14 AM EST (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2022, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 673 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
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 Jan 3, 7:40 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 7:40 AM EST, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 437 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 NCZ007-008-021-022-041030- Person-Granville-Forsyth-Guilford- 437 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions to the National Weather Service in Raleigh as soon as it is safe to do so. NCZ009>011-023>027-038>041-041030- Vance-Warren-Halifax-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Davidson- Randolph-Chatham-Wake- 437 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. In addition, scattered thunderstorms between 4 AM and 9 AM will be capable of producing wind gusts that could result in tree damage. Also, rain is expected to change over to a rain and snow mix or mostly snow for a short time today. A light dusting of snow on elevated and grassy surfaces is possible. However, due to the recent warm conditions, no significant accumulation is expected on pavement, and no major travel concerns are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions to the National Weather Service in Raleigh as soon as it is safe to do so. NCZ028-042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-041030- Edgecombe-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne- Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 437 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. In addition, scattered thunderstorms between 4 AM and 9 AM will be capable of producing wind gusts that could result in tree damage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions to the National Weather Service in Raleigh as soon as it is safe to do so.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 8:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 4:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 9 more | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 4:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange and 2 more | 113 min |
| Jan 3, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 5:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Lee, Orange and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 7:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 4 more | 52 min |
| Jan 3, 7:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 10:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 55 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 8 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 6 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.