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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 16, 2022Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 3:26 PM EDT for Franklin County, Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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: May 16, 2022, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2022, 3:49 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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
May 16, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 16, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 1:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
119 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-171200-
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-
119 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 228 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

The greatest threat is expected over northern portions of the NC
Piedmont and Coastal Plain counties.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 12:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1246 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

NCZ021-022-161745-
Guilford NC-Forsyth NC-
1246 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Forsyth
and western Guilford Counties through 145 PM EDT...

At 1246 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Germanton, or near Winston-Salem, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Kernersville, Summerfield,
Stokesdale, Walkertown, Rural Hall, Haw River State Park and
Pfafftown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 8030 3625 7967 3597 7972 3610 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 279DEG 21KT 3619 8024

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CA

Special weather statement, May 16, 12:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1257 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

NCZ042-078-089-161800-
Johnston NC-Sampson NC-Wayne NC-
1257 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Wayne, northeastern
Sampson and southeastern Johnston Counties through 200 PM EDT...

At 1257 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles west of Goldsboro to near Mount Olive
to 7 miles northeast of Clinton. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Princeton, Pikeville,
Eureka, Seven Springs, Mar-Mac and Nahunta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3516 7788 3515 7789
      3517 7793 3516 7797 3519 7802 3518 7807
      3519 7816 3509 7817 3507 7816 3506 7827
      3521 7825 3547 7826 3559 7785 3559 7782
      3543 7783 3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 255DEG 25KT 3540 7817 3524 7814 3507 7824

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CA

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 2:55 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:19 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	59 min
May 16, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	63 min
May 16, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Person	50 min
May 16, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Granville, Orange, Vance, Warren	64 min
May 16, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	50 min
May 16, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	41 min
May 16, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	38 min
May 16, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	27 min
May 16, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	36 min
May 16, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Franklin	33 min
May 16, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	33 min
May 16, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Orange	31 min
May 16, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	43 min
May 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake	63 min
May 16, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Wake	58 min
May 16, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	38 min
May 16, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	22 min
May 16, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	58 min
May 16, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	53 min
May 16, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	47 min
May 16, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	65 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.