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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2023, 11:42 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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, 2023, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2023, 12:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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, 11:20 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 11:20 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 654 PM EDT Tue May 16 2023 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-172300- Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond- Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 654 PM EDT Tue May 16 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-172300- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Wilson- 654 PM EDT Tue May 16 2023 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 226 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 37 min |
| May 16, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 43 min |
| May 16, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 36 min |
| May 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 49 min |
| May 16, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 35 min |
| May 16, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Vance, Warren | 61 min |
| May 16, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 67 min |
| May 16, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 48 min |
| May 16, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 39 min |
| May 16, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake | 54 min |
| May 16, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 41 min |
| May 16, 11:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren | 2 hr |
| May 16, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 65 min |
| May 16, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Randolph and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore, Richmond | 56 min |
| May 16, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake | 47 min |
| May 17, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 66 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.