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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 23, 2012Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2012, 1:42 AM EST for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Feb 23, 2012, 1:42 AM EST (06:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2012, 2:30 AM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 23, 1:47 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Wsw Wilson, NCNUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN

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 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2012-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2012-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

746 
WUUS52 KRAH 230642
SVRRAH
NCC065-195-230730-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0004.120223T0642Z-120223T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
142 AM EST THU FEB 23 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

* UNTIL 230 AM EST

* AT 140 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW HOPE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF   
NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELM CITY...
  WILLBANKS...
  MACCLESFIELD...
  PINETOPS...
  CONETOE...
  WILSON...
  TARBORO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3582 7735 3582 7739 3580 7747 3560 7777
      3558 7800 3560 7805 3558 7806 3561 7813
      3573 7819 3584 7790 3585 7784 3615 7770
      3610 7760 3610 7754 3604 7752 3604 7747
      3600 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 274DEG 49KT 3581 7799

$$

BADGETT
2 follow-up statements
202 
WWUS52 KRAH 230700
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
200 AM EST THU FEB 23 2012

NCC065-195-230730-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0730Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
200 AM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EST
FOR EASTERN WILSON AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...

AT 157 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WILSON AND 
WILLBANKS TO LEGGETT... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... MACCLESFIELD...
KINGSBORO...PINETOPS...LEGGETT...TARBORO...PRINCEVILLE...CONETOE AND
SPEED.

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.

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 3582 7735 3582 7739 3579 7748 3559 7779
      3559 7800 3581 7779 3614 7768 3610 7761
      3610 7754 3607 7753 3606 7754 3604 7752
      3604 7747 3600 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 266DEG 53KT 3582 7771

$$

BADGETT
259 
WWUS52 KRAH 230722
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
222 AM EST THU FEB 23 2012

NCC065-195-230732-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0730Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-WILSON NC-
222 AM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILSON AND EDGECOMBE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 230 AM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 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 3582 7735 3582 7739 3579 7748 3559 7779
      3559 7800 3581 7779 3614 7768 3610 7761
      3610 7754 3607 7753 3606 7754 3604 7752
      3604 7747 3600 7740 3591 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 276DEG 50KT 3584 7729

$$

BADGETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 11:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth, Guilford47 min
Feb 22, 11:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph48 min
Feb 23, 12:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance36 min
Feb 23, 12:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly61 min
Feb 23, 12:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Franklin, Lee, Wake53 min
Feb 23, 1:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Nash, Wake38 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.