SKYWARN · North Carolina
NWS Raleigh RAH
31 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.
Nothing active from this office
NWS checked 11:26 PMRadar
NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour
Deeper look: KRAX interactive ↗ · KRAX at College of DuPage ↗ · KLTX interactive ↗ · KLTX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.
SPC outlook · day 1
categorical
Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗
Reports taken by this office today
0 · SPC preliminaryNo spotter reports logged by RAH so far today (UTC).
Cameras near the office
none listed yetNo cameras listed near Raleigh yet. Know one?
Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.
SKYWARN & weather nets for this office
Suggest or fix one →No net is listed for NWS Raleigh yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.
NOAA Weather Radio in this area
15 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after162.500 MHz WNG586 · Hendersoncovers Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren · 300 W · NWS Raleigh
162.400 MHz WNG597 · Ellerbecovers Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly · 300 W · NWS Raleigh
162.450 MHz WNG706 · Garnercovers Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson · 1000 W · NWS Raleigh
162.500 MHz WWF60 · Buck Mountaincovers Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Union · 1000 W · NWS Raleigh
162.400 MHz WXL42 · Winston-Salemcovers Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin · 1000 W · NWS Raleigh
162.550 MHz WXL58 · Chapel Hillcovers Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Vance, Wake, Warren · 1000 W · NWS Raleigh
162.475 MHz WXL59 · Rocky Mountcovers Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Warren, Wilson · 1000 W · NWS Raleigh
162.525 MHz KJY85 · Statesvillecovers Alexander (ALL), Cabarrus (ALL), Catawba (ALL), Davidson (ALL), Davie (ALL), Gaston (ALL), Iredell (ALL), Lincoln (ALL), Mecklenburg (ALL), Rowan (ALL) · 1000 W · NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
162.525 MHz KJY86 · South Bostoncovers Caswell, Granville (NORTH&CENTRAL), Person · 1000 W · NWS Blacksburg
162.425 MHz KXI95 · Warsawcovers Bladen, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, Wayne · 300 W · NWS Newport/Morehead City
162.525 MHz WNG537 · Windsorcovers Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Perquimans, Pitt, Washington · 300 W · NWS Wakefield
162.450 MHz WWG33 · Margarettsvillecovers Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton · 300 W · NWS Wakefield
162.450 MHz WXK90 · Cherawcovers Anson, Richmond, Scotland · 300 W · NWS Columbia
162.475 MHz WXL50 · Saint Paulscovers Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland · 1000 W · NWS Wilmington
162.475 MHz WXL70 · Charlottecovers Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell (S 1/2), Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Union · 1000 W · NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
What to report, and where
Size charts and the full guide →🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud
- ·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
- ·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
- ·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
- ·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving
🧊 Hail
- ·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
- ·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
- ·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground
💨 Wind
- ·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
- ·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
- ·Say whether it was measured or estimated
🌊 Flooding
- ·Water over a road, especially moving water
- ·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
- ·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge
❄️ Winter
- ·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
- ·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
- ·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting
🚫 Not this
- ·Lightning and thunder on their own
- ·Rain that isn't causing flooding
- ·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary
- 1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
- 2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Raleigh. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
- 3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #nc-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.
Counties served by NWS Raleigh · 31
NCC001 Alamance
NCC007 Anson
NCC037 Chatham
NCC051 Cumberland
NCC057 Davidson
NCC063 Durham
NCC065 Edgecombe
NCC067 Forsyth
NCC069 Franklin
NCC077 Granville
NCC081 Guilford
NCC083 Halifax
NCC085 Harnett
NCC093 Hoke
NCC101 Johnston
NCC105 Lee
NCC123 Montgomery
NCC125 Moore
NCC127 Nash
NCC135 Orange
NCC145 Person
NCC151 Randolph
NCC153 Richmond
NCC163 Sampson
NCC165 Scotland
NCC167 Stanly
NCC181 Vance
NCC183 Wake
NCC185 Warren
NCC191 Wayne
NCC195 Wilson