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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 3, 20225 counties in North Carolina

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2022-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1539 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2022-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 547 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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 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, Jan 3, 4:37 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:39 AM EST, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:54 AM EST, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 3, 8:12 AM EST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 8:53 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more18 hr
Jan 3, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Randolph24 min
Jan 3, 4:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 9 more26 min
Jan 3, 4:52 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange and 2 more113 min
Jan 3, 5:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Durham, Lee, Orange34 min
Jan 3, 5:44 AM ESTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHChatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Lee, Orange and 1 more4 hr
Jan 3, 6:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more45 min
Jan 3, 6:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 2 more39 min
Jan 3, 7:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 4 more52 min
Jan 3, 7:49 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson3 hr
Jan 3, 9:14 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange and 2 more6 hr
Jan 3, 10:28 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHAnson, Stanly12 hr
Jan 3, 12:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston29 hr
Jan 3, 12:30 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston55 hr
Jan 3, 2:24 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRAHChatham8 hr
Jan 3, 2:57 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRAHWake6 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.