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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 9, 202310 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2023, 2:24 PM EDT for 10 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 9, 2023, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 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, Halifax County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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
Jul 9, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 1:49 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
119 PM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

NCZ073>075-083>086-091815-
Scotland NC-Stanly NC-Anson NC-Richmond NC-Hoke NC-Montgomery NC-
Moore NC-
119 PM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Moore,
northern Scotland, southeastern Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, east
central Stanly and central Hoke Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 119 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles north of Rockingham, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail and heavy
         rainfall.

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...
Southern Pines, Rockingham, Raeford, Troy, Carthage, Pinehurst,
Hamlet, Aberdeen, Biscoe and Hoffman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central North Carolina.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 7990 3538 8012 3552 7945 3552 7938
      3504 7909 3480 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 247DEG 24KT 3514 7983

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:26 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
126 PM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1248 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Efland              36.08N 79.17W
07/09/2023                   Orange             NC   Trained Spotter

            Two trees down on cedar grove and efland
            road.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:28 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
128 PM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1248 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 SSE Carr              36.17N 79.19W
07/09/2023                   Orange             NC   Trained Spotter

            Tree reported down on intersection of
            millcreek road and lonesome road.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:40 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:57 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:24 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 8, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	62 min
Jul 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Halifax	118 min
Jul 8, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	56 min
Jul 9, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	32 min
Jul 9, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	49 min
Jul 9, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	24 min
Jul 9, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	42 min
Jul 9, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	44 min
Jul 9, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	49 min
Jul 9, 11:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	45 min
Jul 9, 11:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	37 min
Jul 9, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	43 min
Jul 9, 11:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	23 min
Jul 9, 12:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Randolph	20 min
Jul 9, 12:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	3 hr
Jul 9, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Granville, Lee and 5 more	44 min
Jul 9, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Lee and 4 more	48 min
Jul 9, 1:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Durham, Orange	102 min
Jul 9, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	56 min
Jul 9, 1:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Wake	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and 3 more	35 min
Jul 9, 2:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	97 min
Jul 9, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance	108 min
Jul 9, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland	64 min
Jul 9, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	111 min
Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 3 more	45 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	15 min
Jul 9, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	44 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.