Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 7:56 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 6 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Se Locust, NC | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON OAK GROVE ROAD IN LOCUST. |
| Sep 5, 8:45 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Finger, NC | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
| Sep 5, 8:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Plyler, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE MILLINGPORT AREA... NEAR HWY 73 AND MILLINGPORT RD. |
| Sep 5, 8:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Albemarle, NC | TREE DOWN ON SNUGGS PARK ROAD |
| Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Richfield, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE PAULS CROSSING AREA... ALONG PAULS CROSSING ROAD. |
| Sep 5, 8:52 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Richfield, NC | MEDIA REPORTED BARNS DESTROYED ON MILLER ROAD NEAR PAULS CROSSING |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683
WFUS52 KRAH 052356
TORRAH
NCC167-060045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0046.110905T2356Z-110906T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
756 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANFIELD...OR OVER MONROE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANFIELD...
LOCUST...OAKBORO...
FINGER...
PLYLER...
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.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
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 3519 8051 3546 8032 3546 8031 3535 8010
3521 8026 3517 8032 3517 8037 3517 8038
3516 8039 3516 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 219DEG 24KT 3510 8054
$$
772 follow-up statements
702
WWUS52 KRAH 060013
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
813 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCC167-060045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110906T0045Z/
STANLY NC-
813 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR STANLY
COUNTY...
AT 809 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
STANFIELD...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... LOCUST...OAKBORO...AND
STANFIELD.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3519 8051 3546 8032 3546 8031 3535 8010
3517 8037 3517 8038 3516 8039 3516 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 219DEG 23KT 3518 8049
$$
77315
WWUS52 KRAH 060031
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
831 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
NCC167-060045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110906T0045Z/
STANLY NC-
831 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR STANLY
COUNTY...
AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCUST...OR 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... LOCUST... PLYLER AND
FINGER.
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.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3520 8038 3521 8042 3524 8046 3546 8032
3546 8031 3535 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 209DEG 24KT 3528 8040
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 50 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 64 min |
| Sep 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren | 64 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.