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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 6, 2011Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2011, 11:16 AM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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: Aug 6, 2011, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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
Aug 6, 11:30 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Black Creek, NC	PROBABLE TORNADO RESULTED IN SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON JAYCROSS RD. AND ISSAC RD.... ALONG WITH POSSIBLY RELATED MINOR DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME
Aug 6, 11:30 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Black Creek, NC	PROBABLE TORNADO RESULTED IN ROOF DAMAGE TO A DOUBLE WIDE... ALONG WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO A BARN AND SEVERAL DOWNED TREES BETWEEN THE 6400-6500 BLOCK OF FRANK PRICE CHURCH RD
Aug 6, 11:30 AM EDT	TORNADO	3 Wsw Stantonsburg, NC	PROBABLE TORNADO RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO 4 TURKEY HOUSES ON SAULS TURKEY FARM AT 8152 PELT RD
Aug 6, 11:33 AM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Ese Black Creek, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HOWARD LOOP AND WOODBRIDGE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

851 
WFUS52 KRAH 061516
TORRAH
NCC195-061600-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0042.110806T1516Z-110806T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1116 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1112 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BLACK CREEK...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLACK CREEK...
  STANTONSBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3558 7782 3559 7782 3559 7799 3560 7806
      3582 7794 3585 7789 3585 7786 3584 7785
      3587 7783 3583 7775 3573 7772 3567 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 217DEG 8KT 3560 7795

$$

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2 follow-up statements

767 
WWUS52 KRAH 061533
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1133 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCC195-061600-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110806T1600Z/
WILSON NC-
1133 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...

AT 1127 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK CREEK...OR
17 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BLACK CREEK... 
STANTONSBURG AND SARATOGA.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3575 7784 3572 7773 3567 7766 3558 7782
      3559 7782 3559 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 223DEG 7KT 3561 7790

$$

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783 
WWUS52 KRAH 061550
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1150 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCC195-061600-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110806T1600Z/
WILSON NC-
1150 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT NOON
EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3575 7784 3572 7773 3567 7766 3558 7782
      3559 7782 3559 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 223DEG 7KT 3564 7787

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	89 min
Aug 6, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange	119 min
Aug 6, 8:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Nash	3 hr
Aug 6, 8:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	4 hr
Aug 6, 8:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	32 min
Aug 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	102 min
Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	110 min
Aug 6, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	109 min
Aug 6, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	51 min
Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.