Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 1:27 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Randolph County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 3, 2012, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 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
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601
WUUS52 KRAH 031727
SVRRAH
NCC123-151-167-031815-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0340.120903T1727Z-120903T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
127 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
* AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BADIN LAKE...
ELDORADO...
NEW HOPE...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8027 3551 8013 3551 8006 3557 8007
3565 8000 3544 7975 3542 7974 3526 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 222DEG 22KT 3536 8011
$$
KRR2 follow-up statements
879
WWUS52 KRAH 031749
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
149 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCC123-151-167-031815-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-120903T1815Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-RANDOLPH NC-STANLY NC-
149 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STANLY...SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ELDORADO...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE
WILL MOVE NORTH...IMPACTING THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 215 PM EDT.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NEW HOPE...MARTHA AND
STEEDS.
MOST LIGHTNING STRIKES ENTER THE HOME THROUGH UTILITIES. AVOID USING
ANY DEVICES PLUGGED INTO A WALL INCLUDING CORDED PHONES...COMPUTERS
AND APPLIANCES. ALSO AVOID COMING IN CONTACT WITH RUNNING WATER FROM
SINKS...SHOWERS AND TUBS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3537 8027 3551 8013 3551 8006 3557 8007
3565 8000 3544 7975 3542 7974 3526 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 228DEG 11KT 3547 8001
$$
23802
WWUS52 KRAH 031812
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
212 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCC123-151-167-031822-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-120903T1815Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-RANDOLPH NC-STANLY NC-
212 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STANLY...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215
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 3537 8027 3551 8013 3551 8006 3557 8007
3565 8000 3544 7975 3542 7974 3526 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 228DEG 11KT 3552 7994
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 85 min |
| Sep 2, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Vance | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Moore, Orange | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee, Wake | 94 min |
| Sep 2, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Nash, Wake | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 108 min |
| Sep 3, 2:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 99 min |
| Sep 3, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 90 min |
| Sep 3, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Stanly | 84 min |
| Sep 3, 1:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 85 min |
| Sep 3, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 97 min |
| Sep 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 91 min |
| Sep 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 87 min |
| Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 58 min |
| Sep 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 64 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.