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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT for Franklin County, Nash County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDT | TORNADO | Raleigh, NC | MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES... RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO AT I440 AT EXIT 16 |
| Apr 16, 3:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Rdu International, NC | DEBRIS INCLUDING FOAM INSULATION... STRIPPED TREE BRANCHES... AND SQUARES OF PLYWOOD |
| Apr 16, 3:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 N Raleigh, NC | 8 INCH LIMBS DOWN AND BLOCKING 2 LANES OF SPRING FOREST ROAD IN RALEIGH |
| Apr 16, 3:51 PM EDT | TORNADO | Raleigh, NC | DEBRIS FALLING IN NORTH RALEIGH FROM LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Apr 16, 3:55 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Raleigh, NC | SEVERAL BLDGS PARTIALLY DESTROYED AT YONKERS RD AND THE BELTLINE. DEBRIS SPREAD UP TO CAPITAL BLVD AND RALEIGH ICEPLEX. |
| Apr 16, 3:55 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 N New Hope, NC | LARGE HIGH TENSION STEEL WIRE TOWER TWISTED. |
| Apr 16, 3:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw New Hope, NC | DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND LARGE PINE TREES ACROSS THE ROAD |
| Apr 16, 3:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Raleigh, NC | TREES ON HOUSES ON MILBURNIE RD AND STEVENS RD. POWER LINES ON GROUND. |
| Apr 16, 3:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | Raleigh, NC | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS AT BLOUNT AND WILMINGTON STREETS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Raleigh, NC | TRUCK OVERTURNED... TREES IN ROAD... ROOF OFF BUILDING AT YONKERS ROAD |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 E Raleigh, NC | TRUCK OVERTURNED... TREES IN ROAD... ROOF OFF BUILDING AT YONKERS ROAD |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM EDT | TORNADO | Raleigh, NC | NUMEROUS BRICK BUILDINGS DESTROLYED ALONG SOUTH SAUNDERS STREET IN SOUTHEAST RALEIGH. |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw New Hope, NC | POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Sw Falls Lake, NC | HAIL SHREDDED LEAVES AND DENTED CARS |
| Apr 16, 4:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Rolesville, NC | ROOF DAMAGE... TREES SHEARED OFF... TREES IN THE ROAD |
| Apr 16, 4:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Raleigh, NC | *** 3 FATAL *** MOBILES HOMES DESTROYED NEAR BRENTWOOD DR IN RALEIGH. |
| Apr 16, 4:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne New Hope, NC | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT I-540 AND BUFFALOE RD. TREES 50 FT TALL AND 1-2 FT DIAMETER. |
| Apr 16, 4:06 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nne Raleigh, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON SPRING FOREST ROAD IN RALEIGH |
| Apr 16, 4:07 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ssw Falls Lake, NC | NICKEL HAIL ON CUB TRAIL IN RALEIGH |
| Apr 16, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N New Hope, NC | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 89 MPH WIND GUST... SIDING BLOWN OFF BUILDING |
| Apr 16, 4:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sse Falls Lake, NC | GOLF BALL HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF DUNN ROAD AND FALLS OF NEUSE ROAD IN RALEIGH |
| Apr 16, 4:17 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Ene Rolesville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR ZEBULON TO NORTH OF BUNN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 909 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820
WFUS52 KRAH 161938
TORRAH
NCC069-127-183-162015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0019.110416T1938Z-110416T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
338 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
WEST CENTRAL NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 336 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED A DESTRUCTIVE AND
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS...OR 9 MILES SOUTH
OF CARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
* THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
RALEIGH...
NEW HOPE...
KNIGHTDALE...
ROLESVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY...ACT NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3590 7795 3578 7824 3581 7826 3568 7849
3591 7876 3603 7860 3601 7855 3607 7855
3622 7834
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 235DEG 44KT 3567 7880
$$
JOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph and 1 more | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 1:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Wake | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 110 min |
| Apr 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Apr 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 10 min |
| Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.