Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 58, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2011, 5:55 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 19, 2011, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 6:15 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ssw Bonnie Doone, NC | SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF SKIBO RD IN FAYETTEVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988
WFUS52 KRAH 192155
TORRAH
NCC051-192245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0058.111019T2155Z-111019T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
555 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF HOPE MILLS...OR 5 MILES EAST OF RAEFORD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE MILLS...
HOPE MILLS...
BONNIE DOONE...FORT BRAGG...
FAYETTEVILLE...
EASTOVER...
WADE...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 7909 3509 7909 3513 7912 3519 7908
3522 7893 3527 7879 3527 7872 3524 7863
3523 7862 3520 7865 3517 7863 3517 7864
3514 7863 3510 7865 3494 7902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 234DEG 33KT 3500 7909
$$
234 follow-up statements
384
WWUS52 KRAH 192213
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
NCC051-192245-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-111019T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
613 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BONNIE DOONE...OR
NEAR FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... EASTOVER...WADE...
LINDEN...GODWIN AND FALCON.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
LAT...LON 3511 7910 3526 7882 3526 7880 3527 7879
3527 7872 3525 7864 3523 7862 3521 7865
3514 7863 3509 7866 3496 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 239DEG 26KT 3507 7895
$$
23904
WWUS52 KRAH 192229
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
629 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
NCC051-192245-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-111019T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
629 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTOVER...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... WADE...LINDEN...GODWIN
AND FALCON.
THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED IN THE PAST SEVERAL
SCANS...IF THIS TRENDS CONTINUES THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE
CANCELLED SOON.
LAT...LON 3511 7910 3526 7882 3526 7880 3527 7879
3527 7872 3525 7864 3523 7862 3521 7865
3514 7863 3509 7866 3496 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 237DEG 31KT 3515 7881
$$
23875
WWUS52 KRAH 192235
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
NCC051-192245-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-111019T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
635 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WADE...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... LINDEN...GODWIN AND
FALCON.
SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
LAT...LON 3521 7891 3527 7879 3526 7878 3527 7872
3526 7871 3525 7864 3523 7862 3521 7865
3515 7863 3509 7866 3504 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 240DEG 25KT 3517 7876
$$
23568
WWUS52 KRAH 192241
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
641 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
NCC051-192251-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-111019T2245Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
641 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT
645 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3521 7891 3527 7879 3526 7878 3527 7872
3526 7871 3525 7864 3523 7862 3521 7865
3515 7863 3509 7866 3504 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 240DEG 25KT 3519 7871
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 55 min |
| Oct 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph | 53 min |
| Oct 19, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 57 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.