Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Davidson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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.
125
WUUS52 KRAH 082111
SVRRAH
NCC057-123-151-167-082215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0348.120908T2111Z-120908T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
511 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTHA TO LOCUST...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO TO 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. QUARTER SIZED
HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANFIELD...LOCUST...
MARTHA...NEW LONDON...
PLYLER...OAKBORO...
NEW HOPE...
ASHEBORO...
BADIN LAKE...ALBEMARLE...
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 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8051 3550 8030 3551 8019 3558 8021
3562 8025 3574 8014 3577 7960 3514 8002
3514 8007 3519 8011 3516 8017 3515 8016
3517 8020 3515 8022 3521 8025 3516 8035
3516 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 255DEG 25KT 3569 8001 3527 8048
$$
223 follow-up statements
748
WWUS52 KRAH 082125
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC057-123-151-167-082215-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-120908T2215Z/
DAVIDSON NC-MONTGOMERY NC-RANDOLPH NC-STANLY NC-
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR STANLY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH...WESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN
DAVIDSON COUNTIES...
AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHEBORO TO
LOCUST...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... PLYLER...OAKBORO...NEW
HOPE...ASHEBORO...BADIN LAKE...ALBEMARLE...ULAH...BADIN...ELDORADO...
NORWOOD...FRANKLINVILLE...RAMSEUR...MOUNT GILEAD...SEAGROVE AND TROY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8019 3558 8021 3573 8005
3577 7960 3514 8002 3514 8007 3519 8011
3516 8017 3517 8020 3515 8022 3521 8025
3516 8035 3517 8037 3516 8046 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 27KT 3567 7994 3530 8038
$$
22047
WWUS52 KRAH 082142
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
542 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC057-082152-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-120908T2215Z/
DAVIDSON NC-
542 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8006 3563 8006 3577 7960
3514 8002 3514 8007 3519 8011 3516 8017
3517 8020 3515 8022 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3516 8046 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 259DEG 27KT 3559 7986 3532 8031
$$
NCC123-151-167-082215-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-120908T2215Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-RANDOLPH NC-STANLY NC-
542 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR STANLY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ULAH TO 8 MILES WEST OF
ALBEMARLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ELDORADO...ALBEMARLE...
BADIN...NORWOOD...SEAGROVE...RAMSEUR...MOUNT GILEAD AND TROY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8006 3563 8006 3577 7960
3514 8002 3514 8007 3519 8011 3516 8017
3517 8020 3515 8022 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3516 8046 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 259DEG 27KT 3559 7986 3532 8031
$$
22312
WWUS52 KRAH 082209
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
609 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC123-151-167-082218-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-120908T2215Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-RANDOLPH NC-STANLY NC-
609 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STANLY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3551 8006 3563 8006 3577 7960
3514 8002 3514 8007 3519 8011 3516 8017
3517 8020 3515 8022 3521 8025 3516 8035
3517 8037 3516 8046 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 259DEG 27KT 3563 7962 3536 8008
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 66 min |
| Sep 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 85 min |
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 92 min |
| Sep 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.