Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 3:17 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Elm City, NC | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL LASTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KRAH 241917
SVRRAH
NCC065-195-242000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0021.120324T1917Z-120324T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELM CITY...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY
MOUNT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLBANKS...
MACCLESFIELD...
PINETOPS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3580 7743 3580 7747 3578 7748 3569 7785
3579 7791 3584 7785 3588 7782 3609 7763
3583 7738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 241DEG 16KT 3576 7784
$$
222 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KRAH 241944
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
344 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
NCC065-195-242000-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120324T2000Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
344 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WILSON AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WILLBANKS...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH
THIS STORM.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
MACCLESFIELD...PINETOPS...KINGSBORO...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...LEGGETT
AND CONETOE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3580 7743 3580 7747 3578 7748 3572 7775
3585 7783 3588 7782 3603 7757 3583 7738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 255DEG 15KT 3578 7771
$$
22585
WWUS52 KRAH 241955
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
355 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
NCC065-195-242005-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120324T2000Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
355 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WILSON AND
EDGECOMBE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 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.
WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DISSIPATED...ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3580 7743 3580 7747 3578 7748 3572 7775
3585 7783 3588 7782 3603 7757 3583 7738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 255DEG 15KT 3579 7765
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 95 min |
| Mar 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 81 min |
| Mar 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 87 min |
| Mar 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 83 min |
| Mar 24, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 97 min |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 84 min |
| Mar 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore, Richmond | 78 min |
| Mar 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Randolph | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance | 2 hr |
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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.