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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 20, 2022Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2022, 12:58 AM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 20, 2022, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2022, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.6

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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 19, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 9:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
947 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022

NCZ021>023-038-039-210200-
Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-
947 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated to scattered severe storms capable of producing large hail
and damaging wind gusts will be possible through midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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

   Air Quality Alert.

High temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to warm well
into the 90s, with upper 90s possible across southern portions of
the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

NCZ007>011-024>028-040-041-043-210200-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-
Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Wilson-
947 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated to scattered severe storms capable of producing large hail
and damaging wind gusts will be possible through approximately 1 or
2 AM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

High temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to warm well
into the 90s, with upper 90s to near 100 possible across southern
portions of the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-210200-
Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
947 PM EDT Thu May 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

High temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to warm well
into the 90s, with upper 90s to near 100 possible across southern
portions of the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 11:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHVance52 min
May 19, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford60 min
May 19, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford50 min
May 19, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax15 min
May 19, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren60 min
May 19, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Orange41 min
May 19, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Randolph38 min
May 19, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren46 min
May 19, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson58 min
May 19, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph55 min
May 19, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson52 min
May 19, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph45 min
May 19, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Randolph, Wake48 min
May 19, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren37 min
May 20, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake53 min
May 20, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatRAHJohnston, Wake43 min
May 20, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson59 min

Nearby

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.