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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 19, 2001Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2001, 7:08 PM EDT for Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2001, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Middleburg, NC	The Kerr Lake Park Ranger reported about ten trees blown down and damage to trailers at the Satterwhite Point Recreation Area. A tornado sighting was also reported.
May 19, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Ridgeway, NC	The roof of a chicken house was damaged, and numerous trees were blown down in the same area.
May 19, 7:50 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Ridgeway, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 192308
TORRAH
NCC181-185-192345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
708 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN VANCE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BULLOCKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  HENDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   DREWRY AT 720 PM EDT
   MIDDLEBURG AT 725 PM EDT
   NORLINA AT 740 PM EDT
   AFTON...WARRENTON AT 745 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	33 min
May 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.