Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 26, 2012, 1:51 PM EST for Edgecombe County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 26, 2012, 1:51 PM EST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 770 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694
WUUS52 KRAH 261851
SVRRAH
NCC065-127-195-261915-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0367.121226T1851Z-121226T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
151 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 147 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLACK CREEK...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF
GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELM CITY...WILLBANKS...
SHARPSBURG...
KINGSBORO...ROCKY MOUNT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE
SHELTER IF YOU HEAR OR SEE A TORNADO.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 7735 3580 7747 3558 7781 3561 7811
3614 7782 3616 7774 3614 7772 3615 7768
3614 7764 3611 7763 3607 7753 3606 7754
3604 7752 3604 7748 3599 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 218DEG 52KT 3570 7791
$$
VINCENT2 follow-up statements
789
WWUS52 KRAH 261907
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
207 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
NCC127-261916-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-121226T1915Z/
NASH NC-
207 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN NASH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS LOCATED ENTIRELY IN WILSON
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR NASH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IN RALEIGH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 127 AND 150.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3583 7735 3580 7747 3558 7781 3560 7801
3612 7764 3607 7753 3606 7754 3604 7752
3604 7748 3599 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 222DEG 64KT 3573 7774
$$
NCC065-195-261915-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-121226T1915Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
207 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR EASTERN WILSON AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...
AT 201 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SARATOGA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... MACCLESFIELD...
PINETOPS...TARBORO...SPEED...PRINCEVILLE...LEGGETT...KINGSBORO AND
CONETOE.
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3583 7735 3580 7747 3558 7781 3560 7801
3612 7764 3607 7753 3606 7754 3604 7752
3604 7748 3599 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 222DEG 64KT 3573 7774
$$
VINCENT786
WWUS52 KRAH 261921
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
221 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
NCC065-195-261931-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-121226T1915Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
221 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILSON AND EDGECOMBE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215 PM EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3583 7735 3580 7747 3558 7781 3560 7801
3612 7764 3607 7753 3606 7754 3604 7752
3604 7748 3599 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 222DEG 64KT 3575 7772
$$
VINCENTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 12:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 20 min |
| Dec 26, 1:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 29 min |
| Dec 26, 1:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 26 min |
| Dec 26, 2:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Dec 26, 2:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 4:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 25 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.