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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2011, 5:50 AM EDT for Granville County, Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
- Sep 6, 2011, 5:50 AM EDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2011, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Granville County, NC, Person County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
223 WFUS52 KRAH 060950 TORRAH NCC077-145-061030- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0048.110906T0950Z-110906T1030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTERN PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 AM EDT * AT 549 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF BETHEL HILL...OR 7 MILES EAST OF ROXBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OAK HILL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3632 7884 3640 7897 3655 7886 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 220DEG 24KT 3642 7885 $$ VINCENT
5 follow-up statements
469 WWUS52 KRAH 060956 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 556 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 NCC077-145-061030- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ GRANVILLE NC-PERSON NC- 556 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PERSON AND NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES... AT 554 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHEL HILL...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGILINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... OAK HILL. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT... 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3635 7880 3644 7894 3655 7886 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 0956Z 220DEG 23KT 3645 7882 $$ VINCENT
117 WWUS52 KRAH 061002 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 602 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 NCC077-145-061030- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ GRANVILLE NC-PERSON NC- 602 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PERSON AND NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES... AT 559 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGILINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3635 7880 3644 7894 3655 7886 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 224DEG 25KT 3648 7878 $$ VINCENT
031 WWUS52 KRAH 061007 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 607 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 NCC077-145-061030- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ GRANVILLE NC-PERSON NC- 607 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PERSON AND NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES... AT 604 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL...OR NEAR VIRGILINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3640 7875 3646 7885 3655 7880 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 1007Z 227DEG 25KT 3650 7875 $$ VINCENT
441 WWUS52 KRAH 061012 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 612 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 NCC145-061022- /O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ PERSON NC- 612 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF PERSON COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER...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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3644 7870 3644 7880 3654 7879 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 226DEG 24KT 3652 7872 $$ NCC077-061030- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ GRANVILLE NC- 612 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY... AT 612 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY...OR NEAR VIRGILINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3644 7870 3644 7880 3654 7879 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 226DEG 24KT 3652 7872 $$ VINCENT
308 WWUS52 KRAH 061022 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 622 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 NCC077-061031- /O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110906T1030Z/ GRANVILLE NC- 622 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 AM EDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED ACROSS THE STATE BORDER INTO VIRGINIA...THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEPARATE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM FOR GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3644 7870 3644 7880 3654 7879 3654 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 226DEG 24KT 3656 7867 $$ VINCENT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Stanly | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 6:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 6:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 7:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 8:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 112 min |
| Sep 6, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance, Warren | 68 min |
| Sep 6, 9:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 9:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 69 min |
| Sep 6, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore, Scotland | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 67 min |
| Sep 6, 10:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 10:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Wake | 80 min |
| Sep 6, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake | 26 min |
| Sep 6, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 12:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 18 min |
| Sep 6, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 66 min |
| Sep 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Wake | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 111 min |
| Sep 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Lee, Moore | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 68 min |
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.