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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 5, 2011Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 8:40 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2011, 9:11 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 5, 8:45 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDFinger, NCFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Sep 5, 8:45 PM EDTTORNADO2 Wnw Plyler, NCNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE MILLINGPORT AREA... NEAR HWY 73 AND MILLINGPORT RD.
Sep 5, 8:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Albemarle, NCTREE DOWN ON SNUGGS PARK ROAD
Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDTTORNADO4 Sw Richfield, NCNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE PAULS CROSSING AREA... ALONG PAULS CROSSING ROAD.
Sep 5, 8:52 PM EDTTORNADO3 Sw Richfield, NCMEDIA 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 5, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

732 
WFUS52 KRAH 060040
TORRAH
NCC167-060130-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0047.110906T0040Z-110906T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
840 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER FINGER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 35 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
  MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FINGER...PLYLER...
  RICHFIELD...NEW LONDON...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8031 3551 8029 3551 8019 3548 8016
      3548 8014 3546 8013 3526 8035 3530 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 202DEG 30KT 3536 8036

$$

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2 follow-up statements
798 
WWUS52 KRAH 060055
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
855 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

NCC167-060130-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110906T0130Z/
STANLY NC-
855 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY...

AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLYLER...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... PLYLER... NEW LONDON 
AND RICHFIELD.

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 3548 8032 3551 8029 3551 8019 3548 8016
      3547 8014 3546 8013 3535 8030 3539 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 211DEG 27KT 3544 8028

$$

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814 
WWUS52 KRAH 060111
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
911 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

NCC167-060121-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110906T0130Z/
STANLY NC-
911 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3548 8032 3551 8029 3551 8019 3548 8016
      3547 8014 3546 8013 3535 8030 3539 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 211DEG 27KT 3554 8020

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth55 min
Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson39 min
Sep 5, 9:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph56 min
Sep 5, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth55 min
Sep 6, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson36 min
Sep 6, 5:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham36 min
Sep 6, 5:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson31 min
Sep 6, 5:50 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Person40 min
Sep 6, 6:19 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Vance33 min
Sep 6, 6:44 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHLee, Moore46 min
Sep 6, 7:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Durham, Orange2 hr
Sep 6, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person61 min
Sep 6, 8:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett, Wake56 min
Sep 6, 8:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person112 min
Sep 6, 9:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Vance, Warren68 min
Sep 6, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake65 min
Sep 6, 9:30 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Person45 min
Sep 6, 9:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWake69 min
Sep 6, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore, Scotland53 min
Sep 6, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham61 min
Sep 6, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Vance67 min
Sep 6, 10:09 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Vance51 min
Sep 6, 10:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson50 min
Sep 6, 10:27 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Warren63 min
Sep 6, 10:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Lee57 min
Sep 6, 10:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Moore, Randolph3 hr
Sep 6, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance59 min
Sep 6, 11:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford58 min
Sep 6, 11:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly53 min
Sep 6, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne62 min
Sep 6, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Wake80 min
Sep 6, 11:27 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake26 min
Sep 6, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe62 min
Sep 6, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore57 min
Sep 6, 12:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham, Orange, Person3 hr
Sep 6, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford, Randolph54 min
Sep 6, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Person63 min
Sep 6, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Halifax58 min
Sep 6, 12:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford, Randolph87 min
Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Lee, Wake65 min
Sep 6, 1:05 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHAlamance18 min
Sep 6, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke66 min
Sep 6, 1:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham, Orange, Person44 min
Sep 6, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe38 min
Sep 6, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth61 min
Sep 6, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance, Warren53 min
Sep 6, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne58 min
Sep 6, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston, Wake46 min
Sep 6, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren56 min
Sep 6, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford, Randolph65 min
Sep 6, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Johnston, Wake44 min
Sep 6, 3:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph2 hr
Sep 6, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren56 min
Sep 6, 3:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph111 min
Sep 6, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax, Nash57 min
Sep 6, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Scotland87 min
Sep 6, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Halifax60 min
Sep 6, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Lee, Moore56 min
Sep 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Sampson68 min
Sep 6, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake31 min
Sep 6, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne, Wilson43 min
Sep 6, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake63 min
Sep 6, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange61 min
Sep 6, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin65 min
Sep 6, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson63 min
Sep 6, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland47 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.