Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2004, 2:51 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 12, 2004, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forsyth County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KRAH 121851
TORRAH
NCC067-121915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
250 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SEDGE GARDEN AROUND 300 PM...
KERNERSVILLE AROUND 310 PM...
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. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY TORNADIC WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3618 8032 3618 8011 3617 8010 3617 8004
3605 8004 3601 8005 3603 8012 3603 8021
3600 8022 3601 8034
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Scotland | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 116 min |
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 108 min |
| Aug 12, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin | 95 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.