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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2024, 2:10 PM EDT for Granville County, Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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 3, 2024, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 Apr 3, 1:36 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:36 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 1:40 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 140 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 NCZ007>011-026>028-041200- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe- 140 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 87 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Increased Fire Danger will be possible Thursday and Friday afternoon. Frost and light freezing conditions will be possible each morning Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ021>025-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-041200- Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham- Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson- Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 140 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon. Damaging wind gusts, hail, and an isolated tornado are all possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Increased Fire Danger will be possible Thursday and Friday afternoon. Frost and light freezing conditions will be possible each morning Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:42 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
142 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
NCZ007>009-024-025-031830-
Vance NC-Durham NC-Person NC-Granville NC-Orange NC-
142 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PERSON...VANCE...
NORTHEASTERN ORANGE...GRANVILLE AND NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
230 PM EDT...
At 141 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Rougemont, or 9 miles east of Hillsborough,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Durham, Henderson, Oxford, Hillsborough, Creedmoor, Butner, Kittrell,
Rougemont, Stem, and Stovall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central North
Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 7839 3620 7840 3617 7847 3618 7849
3616 7850 3599 7897 3602 7911 3617 7911
3654 7879 3654 7838
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 234DEG 41KT 3612 7894
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ASSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 1:55 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
155 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
NCZ040-075-076-031845-
Lee NC-Chatham NC-Moore NC-
155 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MOORE...LEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
At 155 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Carthage, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sanford, Carthage, Goldston, Whispering Pines, Broadway, Robbins,
Cameron, Lemon Springs, Gum Springs, and Highfalls.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 7966 3541 7966 3568 7921 3574 7895
3561 7899 3558 7892 3530 7919 3524 7943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 241DEG 63KT 3538 7952
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee, Moore | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Nash | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 25 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.