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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 14, 20237 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 2:59 PM EDT for 7 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: Jul 14, 2023, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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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 14, 2:35 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:35 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:06 AM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
406 AM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-083>086-088-089-151200-
Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-
Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
406 AM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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.

A few storms could become strong to severe today with the primary
hazards being isolated wind damage and large hail in addition to
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

The combination of high temperatures in the 90s and a very muggy
airmass will result in multiple days with heat index values above
100 degrees Sunday through much of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ007-021>023-038-039-073-074-151200-
Person-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-
406 AM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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.

A few storms could become strong to severe today with the primary
hazards being isolated wind damage and large hail in addition to
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:35 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:52 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
Jul 13, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	36 min
Jul 14, 12:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person	56 min
Jul 14, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax, Warren	53 min
Jul 14, 1:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Orange, Person, Vance	61 min
Jul 14, 1:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Granville, Halifax, Orange, Person, Vance and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 14, 2:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	74 min
Jul 14, 3:16 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	21 hr
Jul 14, 3:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	5 hr
Jul 14, 4:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Orange, Wake	86 min
Jul 14, 4:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	5 hr
Jul 14, 5:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Wake	25 min
Jul 14, 5:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Wake	105 min
Jul 14, 7:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 14, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	56 min
Jul 14, 8:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Wake	112 min
Jul 14, 9:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson, Wayne	4 hr
Jul 14, 9:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	3 hr
Jul 14, 10:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	56 min
Jul 14, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	50 min
Jul 14, 11:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Sampson	2 hr
Jul 14, 11:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	48 min
Jul 14, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	40 min
Jul 14, 12:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Sampson	44 min
Jul 14, 12:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	22 min
Jul 14, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	30 min
Jul 14, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	55 min
Jul 14, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	60 min
Jul 14, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	58 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	39 min
Jul 14, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Wake	53 min
Jul 14, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and 1 more	53 min
Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	38 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	53 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	64 min
Jul 14, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	112 min
Jul 14, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Richmond	113 min
Jul 14, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Stanly	22 min
Jul 14, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	56 min
Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	54 min
Jul 14, 7:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph	3 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.