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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 12, 2024Cumberland County, Hoke County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2024, 6:51 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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: Aug 12, 2024, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2024, 7:45 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 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 Aug 12, 6:42 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:42 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
302 AM EDT Mon Aug 12 2024

NCZ073-083-120800-
Stanly NC-Anson NC-
302 AM EDT Mon Aug 12 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
ANSON AND SOUTHWESTERN STANLY COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EDT...

At 300 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a developing strong
thunderstorm near Midland, or 13 miles northeast of Monroe, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Locust, Oakboro, and Stanfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 8048 3526 8045 3523 8018 3511 8016
      3502 8024 3503 8030 3520 8028 3520 8030
      3518 8031 3517 8035 3518 8037 3516 8044
      3517 8047 3518 8048 3519 8051 3520 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 277DEG 14KT 3517 8045

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
308 AM EDT Mon Aug 12 2024

NCZ083-120800-
Anson NC-
308 AM EDT Mon Aug 12 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ANSON COUNTY THROUGH
400 AM EDT...

At 307 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Chesterfield, or 10 miles southwest of Wadesboro,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Wadesboro, Lilesville, Morven, McFarlan, Blewett Falls Lake, and
White Store.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 8027 3505 7988 3501 7990 3498 7987
      3495 7987 3490 7985 3486 7990 3481 7992
      3481 8026 3483 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 250DEG 15KT 3485 8017

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 5:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:09 AM EDT, 42 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
Aug 11, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	3 hr
Aug 12, 3:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	58 min
Aug 12, 3:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	52 min
Aug 12, 3:42 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Scotland and 2 more	17 hr
Aug 12, 3:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	3 hr
Aug 12, 5:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	54 min
Aug 12, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	66 min
Aug 12, 6:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	57 min
Aug 12, 7:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	67 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.