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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 26, 2023Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2023, 7:27 PM EDT for Davidson County, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 26, 2023, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Davidson County, NC, Randolph County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2023-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 655 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2023-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
655 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRAHDavidson62 min
Jun 26, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth55 min
Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore61 min

Nearby

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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.