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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 16, 2011Davidson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 5:36 PM EST for Davidson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 16, 2011, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Davidson County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
Nov 16, 5:52 PM EST	HAIL 1	2 Wsw Linwood, NC	1 HAIL NEAR OLD SALISBURY ROAD
Nov 16, 6:05 PM EST	TORNADO	5 W Gordontown, NC	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN... ROOF DAMAGE... AT ALLRED ROAD AND NC 47
Nov 16, 6:06 PM EST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Gordontown, NC	MULTIPLE HOMES DESTOYED ON BURKHART ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Nov 16, 6:06 PM EST	TORNADO	5 W Gordontown, NC	MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WOOD FRAME HOUSING AT SLIVER RIDGE AND ALLRED ROAD
Nov 16, 6:10 PM EST	TORNADO	2 W Gordontown, NC	MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE NEAR THE 2600 BLOCK OF YOUNG ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Nov 16, 6:15 PM EST	TORNADO	2 Nne Gordontown, NC	COMMERICAL BUILDINGS AND HOMES DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US 64 AND ROUTE 109. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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
Nov 16, 4:30 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

632 
WFUS52 KRAH 162236
TORRAH
NCC057-162315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0059.111116T2236Z-111116T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
536 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 528 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF HIGH ROCK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND   DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  WELCOME...
  THOMASVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 8007 3601 8004 3561 8006 3555 8021
      3556 8022 3558 8021 3569 8034 3571 8033
      3572 8034 3573 8045 3574 8046 3577 8046
      3578 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 234DEG 41KT 3569 8055

$$

32

2 follow-up statements

539 
WWUS52 KRAH 162249
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
549 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

NCC057-162315-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-111116T2315Z/
DAVIDSON NC-
549 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR DAVIDSON
COUNTY...

AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON...OR NEAR SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... DENTON...GORDONTOWN...
WELCOME AND THOMASVILLE.

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 MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3578 8047 3602 8007 3601 8004 3564 8006
      3563 8026 3569 8034 3570 8033 3572 8034
      3573 8045 3574 8046 3577 8046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 234DEG 41KT 3577 8041

$$

BADGETT

254 
WWUS52 KRAH 162303
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
603 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

NCC057-162315-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-111116T2315Z/
DAVIDSON NC-
603 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR DAVIDSON
COUNTY...

AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GORDONTOWN...WELCOME
AND THOMASVILLE.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3586 8034 3602 8008 3600 8004 3564 8006
      3563 8026 3569 8034 3570 8033 3572 8034
      3572 8037 3572 8040 3575 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 234DEG 40KT 3573 8027

$$

BADGETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 4:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	56 min
Nov 16, 6:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	37 min
Nov 16, 6:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	37 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.