Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT for Franklin County, Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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, 10:27 AM EDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WFUS52 KRAH 061427 TORRAH NCC069-181-185-061530- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0053.110906T1427Z-110906T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1027 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1130 AM EDT * AT 1022 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER FRANKLINTON...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISBURG... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GILLBURG... AFTON... MIDDLEBURG... DREWRY...WARRENTON... NORLINA... WISE... 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3603 7831 3610 7852 3655 7826 3653 7791 TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 201DEG 29KT 3617 7836 $$ 23
3 follow-up statements
914
WWUS52 KRAH 061452
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1052 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
NCC069-181-061502-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110906T1530Z/
FRANKLIN NC-VANCE NC-
1052 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VANCE AND NORTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3653 7791 3625 7814 3625 7820 3626 7829
3627 7830 3630 7828 3647 7831 3655 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 215DEG 24KT 3628 7821
$$
NCC185-061530-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110906T1530Z/
WARREN NC-
1052 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 1047 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AFTON...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... DREWRY...NORLINA...
WISE...MACON AND LAKE GASTON.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 3653 7791 3625 7814 3625 7820 3626 7829
3627 7830 3630 7828 3647 7831 3655 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 215DEG 24KT 3628 7821
$$
23500
WWUS52 KRAH 061509
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1109 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
NCC185-061530-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110906T1530Z/
WARREN NC-
1109 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 1107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...MACON AND LAKE GASTON.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3653 7791 3626 7813 3629 7829 3630 7828
3647 7831 3655 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 215DEG 24KT 3637 7813
$$
23075
WWUS52 KRAH 061528
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1128 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
NCC185-061536-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110906T1530Z/
WARREN NC-
1128 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1130 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THIS IS STILL BROAD ROTATION
WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS LAKE GASTON. BOATERS
AND CAMPERS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL STORM PASSES OVER THE NEXT
HALF HOUR.
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 3653 7791 3626 7813 3629 7829 3630 7828
3647 7831 3655 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 215DEG 24KT 3646 7805
$$
23The 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, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 40 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, 10:33 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.