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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2024, 6:51 PM EST for 5 counties in 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
- Jan 9, 2024, 6:51 PM EST (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jan 9, 6:45 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:45 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 5:55 PM EST, 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 555 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024 NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073>075-083-084-102300- Person-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly- Montgomery-Moore-Anson-Richmond- 555 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another storm system may bring heavy rain, strong gusty winds, and possibly strong to severe thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-076>078-085-086-088-089-102300- Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe- Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Scotland-Hoke- Cumberland-Sampson- 555 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 7 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST 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. Flood Watch. Tornado Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another storm system may bring heavy rain, strong gusty winds, and possibly strong to severe thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:25 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
525 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 NNW Apex 35.77N 78.86W
01/09/2024 Wake NC Trained Spotter
Tree down near Holt Road and Jenks Carpenter
Road.
&&
JDLocal storm report, Jan 9, 5:48 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
548 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 NNW Stantonsburg 35.64N 77.84W
01/09/2024 Wilson NC 911 Call Center
Tree down at 5352 NC Highway 58 S.
&&
JDLocal storm report, Jan 9, 5:50 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
550 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SSW Altamahaw 36.17N 79.51W
01/09/2024 Alamance NC Utility Company
Fallen trees on power lines.
&&
JRCLocal storm report, Jan 9, 5:59 PM EST, 52 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
559 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNW Rdu International 35.88N 78.79W
01/09/2024 M69 MPH Wake NC ASOS
&&
JDLocal storm report, Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST, 28 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
623 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 ENE Hope Mills 34.99N 78.88W
01/09/2024 M62 MPH Cumberland NC Official NWS Obs
KFAY ASOS.
&&Local storm report, Jan 9, 6:28 PM EST, 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
628 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0453 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 W Kingsboro 35.90N 77.73W
01/09/2024 Edgecombe NC 911 Call Center
Tree on power lines and power pole snapped
in half at Nobles Mill Pond Rd and Jackson
Walk.
&&
JDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 1:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Stanly | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 62 min |
| Jan 9, 1:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jan 9, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 2:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 2:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 10 min |
| Jan 9, 3:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 59 min |
| Jan 9, 3:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Person | 66 min |
| Jan 9, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 min |
| Jan 9, 3:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and 1 more | 68 min |
| Jan 9, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 45 min |
| Jan 9, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 3:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 48 min |
| Jan 9, 4:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 55 min |
| Jan 9, 4:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 39 min |
| Jan 9, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 52 min |
| Jan 9, 4:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 53 min |
| Jan 9, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 4:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| Jan 9, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 9, 4:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore | 50 min |
| Jan 9, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance | 54 min |
| Jan 9, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Orange, Wake | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jan 9, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 5:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 40 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wake | 54 min |
| Jan 9, 6:18 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 35 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 65 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.