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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 9, 2024Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2024, 4:21 AM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2024, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2024-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2024-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 8, 7:52 PM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:52 PM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:19 PM EDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
319 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

NCZ007>011-021>026-038>040-091115-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-
Orange-Durham-Franklin-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-
319 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through
tonight. A few storms may become strong to severe with damaging
winds and hail possible. An isolated tornado is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The threat for severe storms is expected to persist into Thursday as
a series of disturbances track through the region. Damaging winds
and large hail are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ073>076-083-084-091115-
Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Anson-Richmond-
319 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 207 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The threat for severe storms is expected to persist into Thursday as
a series of disturbances track through the region. Damaging winds
and large hail are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed into tonight.

NCZ077-085-086-088-089-091115-
Harnett-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
319 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 207 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

Additionally, unusually hot temperatures and high humidity are
expected today, with heat index values peaking in the lower to mid
90s, leading to an elevated risk of heat-related illnesses.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The threat for severe storms is expected to persist into Thursday as
a series of disturbances track through the region. Damaging winds
and large hail are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed into tonight.

NCZ027-028-041>043-078-091115-
Nash-Edgecombe-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Wayne-
319 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through
tonight. A few storms may become strong to severe with damaging
winds and hail possible. An isolated tornado is also possible.

Additionally, unusually hot temperatures and high humidity are
expected today, with heat index values peaking in the lower to mid
90s, leading to an elevated risk of heat-related illnesses.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The threat for severe storms is expected to persist into Thursday as
a series of disturbances track through the region. Damaging winds
and large hail are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth61 min
May 9, 2:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Davidson, Guilford, Orange, Randolph66 min
May 9, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Stanly65 min
May 9, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson66 min
May 9, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Wake65 min
May 9, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Richmond, Scotland61 min
May 9, 4:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHScotland40 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.