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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 11, 20264 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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 11, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2026, 7:10 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 645 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
645 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:04 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAnson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more18 hr
Jun 11, 2:28 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more30 hr
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax45 min
Jun 11, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth52 min
Jun 11, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe51 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHNash62 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash30 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe50 min
Jun 11, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson42 min
Jun 11, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash51 min
Jun 11, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson41 min
Jun 11, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson68 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson53 min
Jun 11, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson44 min
Jun 11, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake56 min
Jun 11, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston58 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne, Wilson25 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.