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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 22, 2023Hoke County, Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2023, 3:55 PM EDT for Hoke County, Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 22, 2023, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hoke County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 10:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 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 Apr 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 3:00 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 3:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 3:29 PM EDT, 26 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
Apr 22, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Stanly	65 min
Apr 22, 8:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	61 min
Apr 22, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Moore	56 min
Apr 22, 8:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	41 min
Apr 22, 9:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	46 min
Apr 22, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Scotland	60 min
Apr 22, 10:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	45 min
Apr 22, 11:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	58 min
Apr 22, 11:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	60 min
Apr 22, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	65 min
Apr 22, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	49 min
Apr 22, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	56 min
Apr 22, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	38 min
Apr 22, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	51 min
Apr 22, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	50 min
Apr 22, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	42 min
Apr 22, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	67 min
Apr 22, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	33 min
Apr 22, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	45 min
Apr 22, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	45 min
Apr 22, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Apr 22, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	46 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond	40 min
Apr 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 2 more	49 min
Apr 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	2 hr
Apr 22, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wake, Wayne and 1 more	63 min
Apr 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Person	62 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	61 min
Apr 22, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	64 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.